:50:02
Will there be
a public statement of the facts...
:50:05
when the investigation is over, sir?
:50:07
There's been a decision not to release
any findings until every case...
:50:11
has been thoroughly reviewed.
:50:13
Well, how long do you imagine
that will be, sir?
:50:16
I mean, next time I see Lieutenant Boylar's
parents, I'd like to tell them the whole truth.
:50:22
You know how many grieving parents
I had to deal with during Vietnam?
:50:26
This is not Vietnam.
:50:27
Lieutenant Boylar's tank
was hit by uranium-depleted shells.
:50:30
We're the only country
in the world that uses them.
:50:34
We got reporters from the Washington Post
looking for the truth,
:50:38
and the only person that knows it
can't say it...
:50:40
because these investigators
are dragging their backsides!
:50:44
Someone has got to be
accountable for this, sir.
:50:58
Take a seat.
:51:11
Nat, I'm going to give you
all the rope in the world.
:51:15
First you imply I'm not interested...
:51:17
in an accurate report on Captain Walden.
:51:19
Now you're suggesting there must be
some cover-up going on about Al Bathra.
:51:24
So how do you want me to respond?
:51:25
As your commanding officer,
:51:27
or as your friend
who nursed you, pushed promotions,
:51:31
and fucking burped your kids
at their baptisms?
:51:36
Just how should I respond?
:51:39
I'm sorry, sir.
:51:42
I should hope by God you would be.
:51:45
Now,
:51:46
losing a man like your friend Boylar,
:51:51
I've been there.
:51:54
Well, this...
:51:56
whole mess...
:51:58
It's my ass on the line
right there beside yours.