Sam Brown: “We were providing security as allied forces. ISAF forces…”

“… help the afghan government stand up and provide basic, in the United States terms, very basic services. They're very advanced services. In particular, the mission that I was wounded on, We were providing security as allied forces. ISAF forces were moving a turbine to the Helmand river, to a dam to provide power for all of southern Afghanistan. This is something that would help the economy, it would help businesses, it would bring electricity to schools, undoubtedly could help. I think Americans are very, very compassionate.” (01:53–02:05)

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