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Embedded in Afghanistan

Posted: Thursday, April 26, 2007 3:47 PM

NBC News correspondents and producers often embed with the U.S. military in Iraq and Afghanistan as a way to get a closer look at the war and the lives of the troops.

But traveling around on a military embed can be a fairly unglamorous experience for the TV crew. Take a behind the scenes look at the journey Martin Fletcher and a crew took from Kabul to a U.S. base in Jalalabad last December.

VIDEO: Embedded in Afghanistan

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Looks fun to me- I just don't see what you guys are crying about. Would you rather be flippin' burgers in Scottsbluff, Nebraska?
Atta boys! Go get that story! I'm proud of you. :)
Mr.Fletcher, I viewed the video of the trip from Kabul to Jalalabad and I must say it did not look glamorous. But that is what comes with being a journalist covering the Middle East. I thought the background music a nice touch and the people who were doing the singing at one point in the video didn't sound too bad. You all do fine work. Keep it up!
Come Home safe, bring us the Truth
It is ashame that Afghanistan seems to be the "forgotten" war. As a wife of a U.S. Soldier stationed over there, I was pleased to see that someone has not forgotten our men. Thank you.
Such a beautiful country its a shame we bombed the place to the ground.
Does anyone know how much those t.v. camera guys and those reporters make? Thanx! ("standing by")
Sad but everyone seems tired on Irag and Afghanistan. We are just hoping it goes away...
I dont' think "it" is going away; it's just going to get worse. We need to address the issue. If we don't get good intel and honest reporting, we'll be shooting blind over there. I don't trust cheney's interpretation of the CIA intel (even if it's not a lie to begin with), so that's why we need good journalists to report the honest truth. Journalists can save the lives of thousands now that we have the war-mongering military industrial complex in power. Condi is a retard and is bush's loyal lapdog; we can't count on any original diplomatic thinking out of her. The country is relying on good foreign reports!


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