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(CNN) -- When J.R. Martinez returned from serving in Iraq, he never thought he'd see his name on the marquee at the local restaurant -- but there it was, a welcome-home banner at the Applebee's in Dalton, Georgia.

More than 40 percent of J.R. Martinez's body was burned in a land mine explosion in Iraq.

He certainly never imagined he'd be starring in a popular daytime soap opera, either.

But Martinez, 25, has never let the severe burns he received while serving in the United States Army stop him.

He spoke with CNN's Nicole Lapin about overcoming odds and being an inspiration for young people.  Watch Nicole Lapin interview J.R. Martinez Â»

The following is an edited transcript of the interview.

Nicole Lapin: You told your mom you'd come back in one piece. You're obviously back in one piece. You came back burned. What happened?

J.R. Martinez: Well, April 5, 2003, I was driving a Humvee through a city called Karbala in Iraq. My job in the military -- in the Army -- was infantry, and as we were driving, my front left tire hit a land mine and I was trapped inside the vehicle.

The other three guys, the other three soldiers walked away with minor injuries, which I'm thankful for every single day. I was trapped inside the vehicle for about ten minutes, conscious and can literally see my life slipping away from me. You know, my mother is my best friend and I kind of had the visual of my mother, and them handing her a flag and I thought to myself, that's not something I want to put my mother through.

So it's one of those things where we don't know how strong we are until we're faced with things in life and I got through it.

Lapin: You did. [A viewer] has a question for you about what kept you going. She says, "First of all, I want to sincerely say thank you for defending our freedom. My question is, during the time of the explosion, how did you keep yourself going?"

Martinez: Well, when I was a young child, one of my sisters passed away from an illness she was born with. She was born in Central America and I was born here in the United States and I never met her, but I always felt the connection throughout my whole childhood. I felt the connection with my sister and I was confused as to why.

And the day of my injury when I was inside the vehicle and I can literally see my life slipping away, an actual visual of my sister came to me and told me I was going to be OK and told me I'd be fine. And after that sweet whisper went away, they pulled me out of the vehicle and got me immediately into the medical team's hands.

So I guess you could say faith, my sister, my mother -- all the things that kind of kept me grounded as a young child that my mother instilled in me at a young age: to be strong and to hold on to certain things in life because they'll get you through.

Like I said, it's something that's hard to explain, but I know a lot of guys that have been injured in the military or people that have been injured outside the military in the civilian world. And I am just like, "How did you make it?" It's just like, we don't know, we just hang in there.

Lapin: You just do it.

Martinez: Yeah, you just do it. All of us had it inside us. We just don't know it until we're faced with it and that's when the true strength really shows.

Lapin: Well, you went through 32 surgeries over 34 months. Was there ever a time where you said, "Woe is me"?

Martinez: Yeah, I'm definitely human and there are a lot of bad days. Even being in the soap opera world, there are still days where you wake up and you're like, "Here we go again."

Another obstacle [is] where I have to go into the public and show my face and catch those looks of people here in New York. It's one of those things where you've just got to get through it, and you've got to fight the obstacles and you've got to be strong and you say, "You know what? I have hope and I believe and I'm never going to quit."

And if you do those things, you'll be surprised where your life can take you because, as I said in one of the interviews I did, only in America where this can happen, you can go from losing your life to now being on a soap opera.

Lapin: We're looking at a picture of you in a soap opera right now, "All My Children." J.R., sitting in that hospital bed watching soap operas with your mother, did you ever think you'd actually be in one?

Martinez: You know, it's funny. You've got to be careful what you wish for in life. When I was in the hospital I couldn't move. I couldn't do anything. I was basically at the hands of medical staff and my mother, and every night my mother would watch novela, the Spanish soap opera.

And there wasn't nothing I could do about it. So I just sat there. And finally I just got to a point where I'm just going to take it in and watch TV with her. And one day out of a joke I said, "One day I'm going to be on a soap opera, mom."

All through my recovery I started to do motivational speaking. I became a spokesman for a non-profit called the Coalition to Salute America's Heroes, which helps wounded troops who return from Iraq and Afghanistan. And I always thought to myself, "In the midst of all this, I would maybe love to touch that world some day, just to kind of play with it for a little bit." And here I am.

Lapin: So you had a little premonition.

Martinez: Yeah, so you've got to be careful what you wish for in life because you never know what can happen.

Now, in the role in "All My Children," it's a veteran who falls in love and because of his disfigurement, he doesn't know if that person is going to accept him. He kind of feels that it's best for her to move on with her life and not to be a part of his and his struggle.

Lapin: [Another viewer] has a question. He wants to know, "Your story is amazing. I wanted to ask you if it has been tough to relive the terrible pain of your real life during your filming of 'All My Children'?"

Martinez: A lot of us, we go through things in life sometimes and we don't want to sit there and go back to remember it, but it's good to go back and remember it and it's good to talk about it, whether it's to yourself or a piece of paper or whether it's to an audience or a camera like I am doing right now.

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text: You

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text: 'd

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text: piece

text: You

text: 're

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text: back

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text: You

text: came

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text: What

text: happened

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text: Well

text: April

text: I

text: was

text: driving

text: a

text: Humvee

text: through

text: a

text: city

text: called

text: Karbala

text: in

text: Iraq

text: My

text: job

text: in

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text: military

text: in

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text: Army

text: was

text: infantry

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text: as

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text: driving

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text: front

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text: tire

text: hit

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text: land

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text: I

text: was

text: trapped

text: inside

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text: vehicle

text: The

text: other

text: three

text: guys

text: the

text: other

text: three

text: soldiers

text: walked

text: away

text: with

text: minor

text: injuries

text: which

text: I

text: 'm

text: thankful

text: for

text: every

text: single

text: day

text: I

text: was

text: trapped

text: inside

text: the

text: vehicle

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text: about

text: ten

text: minutes

text: conscious

text: and

text: can

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text: see

text: my

text: life

text: slipping

text: away

text: from

text: me

text: You

text: know

text: my

text: mother

text: is

text: my

text: best

text: friend

text: and

text: I

text: kind

text: of

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text: visual

text: of

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text: mother

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text: and

text: I

text: thought

text: to

text: myself

text: that

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text: I

text: want

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text: put

text: my

text: mother

text: through

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text: it

text: 's

text: one

text: of

text: those

text: things

text: where

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text: do

text: n't

text: know

text: how

text: strong

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text: 're

text: faced

text: with

text: things

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text: life

text: and

text: I

text: got

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text: it

text: Lapin

text: You

text: did

text: A

text: viewer

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text: a

text: question

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text: you

text: about

text: what

text: kept

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text: going

text: She

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text: all

text: I

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text: sincerely

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text: freedom

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text: young

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text: of

text: my

text: sisters

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text: from

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text: she

text: was

text: born

text: with

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text: was

text: born

text: in

text: Central

text: America

text: and

text: I

text: was

text: born

text: here

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: and

text: I

text: never

text: met

text: her

text: but

text: I

text: always

text: felt

text: the

text: connection

text: throughout

text: my

text: whole

text: childhood

text: I

text: felt

text: the

text: connection

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text: my

text: sister

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text: I

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text: day

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text: I

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text: see

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text: life

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text: actual

text: visual

text: of

text: my

text: sister

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text: to

text: me

text: and

text: told

text: me

text: I

text: was

text: going

text: to

text: be

text: OK

text: and

text: told

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text: 'd

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text: after

text: that

text: sweet

text: whisper

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text: away

text: they

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text: out

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text: vehicle

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text: me

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text: all

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text: things

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text: strong

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text: to

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text: they

text: 'll

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text: that

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text: hard

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text: know

text: a

text: lot

text: of

text: guys

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text: Yeah

text: you

text: just

text: do

text: it

text: All

text: of

text: us

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text: it

text: inside

text: us

text: We

text: just

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text: n't

text: know

text: it

text: until

text: we

text: 're

text: faced

text: with

text: it

text: and

text: that

text: 's

text: when

text: the

text: true

text: strength

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text: shows

text: Lapin

text: Well

text: you

text: went

text: through

text: surgeries

text: over

text: months

text: Was

text: there

text: ever

text: a

text: time

text: where

text: you

text: said

text: Woe

text: is

text: me

text: Martinez

text: Yeah

text: I

text: 'm

text: definitely

text: human

text: and

text: there

text: are

text: a

text: lot

text: of

text: bad

text: days

text: Even

text: being

text: in

text: the

text: soap

text: opera

text: world

text: there

text: are

text: still

text: days

text: where

text: you

text: wake

text: up

text: and

text: you

text: 're

text: like

text: Here

text: we

text: go

text: again

text: Another

text: obstacle

text: is

text: where

text: I

text: have

text: to

text: go

text: into

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text: public

text: and

text: show

text: my

text: face

text: and

text: catch

text: those

text: looks

text: of

text: people

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text: It

text: 's

text: one

text: of

text: those

text: things

text: where

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text: 've

text: just

text: got

text: to

text: get

text: through

text: it

text: and

text: you

text: 've

text: got

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text: you

text: 've

text: got

text: to

text: be

text: strong

text: and

text: you

text: say

text: You

text: know

text: what

text: I

text: have

text: hope

text: and

text: I

text: believe

text: and

text: I

text: 'm

text: never

text: going

text: to

text: quit

text: And

text: if

text: you

text: do

text: those

text: things

text: you

text: 'll

text: be

text: surprised

text: where

text: your

text: life

text: can

text: take

text: you

text: because

text: as

text: I

text: said

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text: one

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text: the

text: interviews

text: I

text: did

text: only

text: in

text: America

text: where

text: this

text: can

text: happen

text: you

text: can

text: go

text: from

text: losing

text: your

text: life

text: to

text: now

text: being

text: on

text: a

text: soap

text: opera

text: Lapin

text: We

text: 're

text: looking

text: at

text: a

text: picture

text: of

text: you

text: in

text: a

text: soap

text: opera

text: right

text: now

text: All

text: My

text: Children

text: J.R.

text: sitting

text: in

text: that

text: hospital

text: bed

text: watching

text: soap

text: operas

text: with

text: your

text: mother

text: did

text: you

text: ever

text: think

text: you

text: 'd

text: actually

text: be

text: in

text: one

text: Martinez

text: You

text: know

text: it

text: 's

text: funny

text: You

text: 've

text: got

text: to

text: be

text: careful

text: what

text: you

text: wish

text: for

text: in

text: life

text: When

text: I

text: was

text: in

text: the

text: hospital

text: I

text: could

text: n't

text: move

text: I

text: could

text: n't

text: do

text: anything

text: I

text: was

text: basically

text: at

text: the

text: hands

text: of

text: medical

text: staff

text: and

text: my

text: mother

text: and

text: every

text: night

text: my

text: mother

text: would

text: watch

text: novela

text: the

text: Spanish

text: soap

text: opera

text: And

text: there

text: was

text: n't

text: nothing

text: I

text: could

text: do

text: about

text: it

text: So

text: I

text: just

text: sat

text: there

text: And

text: finally

text: I

text: just

text: got

text: to

text: a

text: point

text: where

text: I

text: 'm

text: just

text: going

text: to

text: take

text: it

text: in

text: and

text: watch

text: TV

text: with

text: her

text: And

text: one

text: day

text: out

text: of

text: a

text: joke

text: I

text: said

text: One

text: day

text: I

text: 'm

text: going

text: to

text: be

text: on

text: a

text: soap

text: opera

text: mom

text: All

text: through

text: my

text: recovery

text: I

text: started

text: to

text: do

text: motivational

text: speaking

text: I

text: became

text: a

text: spokesman

text: for

text: a

text: non

text: profit

text: called

text: the

text: Coalition

text: to

text: Salute

text: America

text: 's

text: Heroes

text: which

text: helps

text: wounded

text: troops

text: who

text: return

text: from

text: Iraq

text: and

text: Afghanistan

text: And

text: I

text: always

text: thought

text: to

text: myself

text: In

text: the

text: midst

text: of

text: all

text: this

text: I

text: would

text: maybe

text: love

text: to

text: touch

text: that

text: world

text: some

text: day

text: just

text: to

text: kind

text: of

text: play

text: with

text: it

text: for

text: a

text: little

text: bit

text: And

text: here

text: I

text: am

text: Lapin

text: So

text: you

text: had

text: a

text: little

text: premonition

text: Martinez

text: Yeah

text: so

text: you

text: 've

text: got

text: to

text: be

text: careful

text: what

text: you

text: wish

text: for

text: in

text: life

text: because

text: you

text: never

text: know

text: what

text: can

text: happen

text: Now

text: in

text: the

text: role

text: in

text: All

text: My

text: Children

text: it

text: 's

text: a

text: veteran

text: who

text: falls

text: in

text: love

text: and

text: because

text: of

text: his

text: disfigurement

text: he

text: does

text: n't

text: know

text: if

text: that

text: person

text: is

text: going

text: to

text: accept

text: him

text: He

text: kind

text: of

text: feels

text: that

text: it

text: 's

text: best

text: for

text: her

text: to

text: move

text: on

text: with

text: her

text: life

text: and

text: not

text: to

text: be

text: a

text: part

text: of

text: his

text: and

text: his

text: struggle

text: Lapin

text: Another

text: viewer

text: has

text: a

text: question

text: He

text: wants

text: to

text: know

text: Your

text: story

text: is

text: amazing

text: I

text: wanted

text: to

text: ask

text: you

text: if

text: it

text: has

text: been

text: tough

text: to

text: relive

text: the

text: terrible

text: pain

text: of

text: your

text: real

text: life

text: during

text: your

text: filming

text: of

text: All

text: My

text: Children

text: Martinez

text: A

text: lot

text: of

text: us

text: we

text: go

text: through

text: things

text: in

text: life

text: sometimes

text: and

text: we

text: do

text: n't

text: want

text: to

text: sit

text: there

text: and

text: go

text: back

text: to

text: remember

text: it

text: but

text: it

text: 's

text: good

text: to

text: go

text: back

text: and

text: remember

text: it

text: and

text: it

text: 's

text: good

text: to

text: talk

text: about

text: it

text: whether

text: it

text: 's

text: to

text: yourself

text: or

text: a

text: piece

text: of

text: paper

text: or

text: whether

text: it

text: 's

text: to

text: an

text: audience

text: or

text: a

text: camera

text: like

text: I

text: am

text: doing

text: right

text: now

question: What did he become after being injured?

answer: starring in a popular daytime soap opera,

text: starring in a popular daytime soap opera,

question: When was the soldier injured?

answer: April 5, 2003,

text: April 5, 2003,

question: Who was injured in a land mine?

answer: J.R. Martinez

text: J.R. Martinez

question: What country was the soldier injured in?

answer: in Iraq.

text: in Iraq.

question: what percentage of J.R. Martinez's body was burned?

answer: More than 40 percent

text: More than 40 percent

question: what was J.R. Martinez injured by?

answer: land mine explosion

text: land mine explosion

question: Who was injured in Iraq land mine?

answer: J.R. Martinez's

text: J.R. Martinez's


text:
PARIS, France (CNN)  -- Opposition lawmakers Tuesday ridiculed President Nicolas Sarkozy for taking France back into NATO's military command after more than 40 years, but were unable to stop the move when it came to a vote.

French troops on patrol with the Afghan army as part of the NATO mission in Afghanistan.

The National Assembly voted in favor of Sarkozy's plan, 329-238.

Socialist Laurent Fabius, a former prime minister, told Prime Minister Francois Fillon: "You tell us this would mean more independence and more influence. It would probably mean less independence and less influence."

The move did not technically require parliamentary approval, but the president's party scheduled the debate to give opponents a chance to voice their opinions -- and to show a majority backed it.

Asking the National Assembly to vote on the issue also showed how sensitive the matter is in France.

France was a founding member of the NATO alliance in 1949 but it left the military structure in 1966 amid friction with the United States.

"To cooperate is to lose your independence," French President Charles de Gaulle said at the time.

For the next 43 years, even though France selectively participated in NATO military operations, de Gaulle's principle remained the governing cornerstone of French foreign policy.

If Paris took orders from NATO military commanders, it was reasoned, the nation would no longer have complete control of its destiny.

Sarkozy, however, believes the opposite -- that cooperation in NATO is a guarantee of French independence.

Rejoining NATO's military command, he argued, will give France a seat at the table for decision-making.

From its earliest years, the organization's trans-Atlantic ties were strained because U.S. analysts warned that if the European allies failed to increase their contributions to the alliance, they risked losing the support of the United States, according to NATO.

Meanwhile, the European nations felt the United States was trying to dominate the organization, according to NATO.

De Gaulle's 1966 decision meant no French forces could be under permanent allied command and that France would have no participation in defense planning.

In 1995, France rejoined NATO's military committee, which advises NATO's political authorities on military policy and strategy and provides guidance on military matters to NATO's strategic commanders.

While France was still not a part of the military command, it contributed troops and funding to NATO activities, including actions in Kosovo and Afghanistan. Half of all French troops outside the country are assigned to NATO military operations.

Opponents of Sarkozy's move -- who include some members of his party -- believe de Gaulle, not Sarkozy, had it right. They started a last-minute petition drive to stop his march back into NATO.

"With this decision, France will return as a subordinate country and will lose its ability to represent another image in the world," said Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, a member of the French National Assembly.

The president's allies calculate Sarkozy's move will strengthen Europe's hand on defense issues.

"There will be more European weight in the way decisions will be made," said Louis Giscard d'Estaing, a member of the National Assembly's U.S. Friendship Committee. "Therefore, the balance of power between the USA and Europe will be re-established within this French move."

CNN's Sunaina Karkarey and Jim Bittermann contributed to this report

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former GOP presidential nominee John McCain warned Wednesday that the United States is losing the war in Afghanistan.

Sen. John McCain recommended expanding the Afghan army to between 160,000 and 200,000 troops.

The Arizona senator, the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said that while he approved of President Obama's recent decision to send 17,000 more troops to the country, he believed an additional allied military and civilian surge would be necessary to prevent it from once again becoming an al Qaeda safe haven.

The Obama administration is conducting a review of overall U.S. policy in the troubled Islamic republic, the president said in his joint address to Congress on Tuesday.

"With our friends and allies, we will forge a new and comprehensive strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan to defeat al Qaeda and combat extremism," Obama said Tuesday. "Because I will not allow terrorists to plot against the American people from safe havens halfway around the world. We will not allow it."

But McCain said on Wednesday, "When you aren't winning in this kind of war, you are losing. And, in Afghanistan today, we are not winning." He delivered his remarks at the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington-based think tank.

McCain claimed that while the situation in Afghanistan is "nowhere near as dire as it was in Iraq," the number of insurgent attacks had spiked in 2008 and violence had increased more than 500 percent in the past four years.

Growing portions of the country "suffer under the influence of the Taliban," he added.

McCain's comments echoed those of Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who acknowledged last Friday that the United States is facing a "very tough test" in Afghanistan.

"But I'm sure we will rise to the occasion the way we have many times before," Gates told a news conference in Krakow, Poland, where NATO defense ministers were meeting.

McCain said that the U.S. was winning the war in Afghanistan through early 2005, when some troops were withdrawn and "our integrated civil-military command structure was disassembled and replaced by a Balkanized and dysfunctional arrangement."

A Vietnam War veteran, former prisoner of war and longtime member of the Armed Services Committee, McCain said that while he knows Americans "are weary of war ... we must win [in Afghanistan]. The alternative is to risk that country's return to its previous function as a terrorist sanctuary, from which al Qaeda could train and plan attacks against America."

Among other things, McCain stated that the U.S. needs to establish a larger military headquarters capable of executing "the necessary planning and coordination for a nationwide counterinsurgency campaign."

He also said plans to expand the Afghan army from 68,000 to 134,000 troops were insufficient. He recommended expanding the Afghan army to between 160,000 and 200,000 troops.

At the same time, he said, the U.S. needs to boost the country's nonmilitary assistance to help strengthen "its [civilian] institutions, the rule of law, and the economy in order to provide a sustainable alternative to the drug trade."

Southern Afghanistan provides about two thirds of the world's opium and heroin. Over the years, those two drugs have served as a major source of revenue for the insurgency, including the Taliban.

McCain warned that, even if his recommendations are adopted, the violence in Afghanistan is "likely to get worse before it gets better. The scale of resources required to prevail will be enormous."

The timetable, he concluded, "will be measured in years, not months."

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question: What kind of resources did McCain say we needed for the war?

answer: between 160,000 and 200,000 troops.

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question: What does McCain suggest the U.S. do to solve the problem?

answer: expanding the Afghan army

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question: Where have attacks spiked?

answer: Afghanistan

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question: What solution does McCain suggest?

answer: expanding the Afghan army to between 160,000 and 200,000 troops.

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question: In what political body does John McCain Serve?

answer: Senate Armed Services Committee,

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question: Who said the US needs to establish a larger military headquarters?

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question: What office did McCain hold at this time?

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(CNN) -- Cairo native and jewelry designer to the stars, Azza Fahmy, reveals her favorite sights, restaurants and activities in the Egyptian capital.

Designer Azza Fahmy scours Cairo's souks, mosques and streets to find inspiration for her jewels.

MUST SEE PLACES:

Sultan Hassan Mosque -- Considered one of the masterpieces of Mamluk architecture. The building was commissioned by Sultan Hassan bin Al-Nasir Muhammad bin Qalawun in 1356 AD as a mosque and religious school for all four branches of Sunni Islam. The mosque is featured on the Egyptian one-hundred pound note.

Address: Al-Qal'a street, Islamic Cairo

Islamic Museum -- Established in 1881, the museum displays 10,200 pieces from Egypt's different Islamic eras, including the Fatimid, Ottoman and Persian periods.

Address: Bab El Khalq Square in the Egyptian library. Take Port Saed Square to reach the intersection with Muhammad Ali St. in Ahmad Maher Square.

Opening Hours: Saturday through Thursday: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m..; Fridays: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Coptic Museum -- Recently reopened after renovations, the museum showcases the largest collection of Egyptian Christian artifacts in the world. It was founded by Marcus Simaika Pasha in 1910 to house Coptic antiquities. The museum traces the history of Christianity in Egypt from its beginnings to the present day. It also includes a beautiful garden -- a wonderful place to relax.

Address: Religious Compound, Precinct of the old Roman Babylon Fort, Old Cairo. Across the street from the Mar Girgis Metro station.

Phone Number: +20.2.362.8766 and +20.2.363.9742

Beit El Seheimy -- A historic Ottoman restored house. It is one of the best examples of a rich private house dating back to 17th century Egypt.

Address: El Moez Street, Fatimid Area close to Khan al Khalili.

Beit El Keretleya -- Another authentic Ottoman House in Old Cairo.

ACTIVITIES

Felucca ride -- Feluccas are the traditional Egyptian sailboats of the Nile. Perfect for catching the breeze on a hot summer night, for brisker sails the rest of the year, and catching the sunset anytime. Feluccas are usually furnished with cushions around the circumference and a table fixed in the middle, where one can enjoy picnic-style lunches or dinners while enjoying a different view of the metropolis.

Address: They are usually parked on the side of the Nile in unique spots, including along the Corniche across the street from the Four Seasons on the Nile in the Garden City area of Cairo.

Horseback riding aside the pyramids -- Pick up horses at an area called "Nazlet el seman" close to the pyramids.

Camel ride -- At the pyramids

Hantour ride -- A horse carriage that goes around certain streets of Cairo, usually by the Corniche.

Walk around -- Downtown streets, particularly Wist el Balad.

PLACES TO EAT:

Abu El Sid -- Famous, though pricey, restaurant featuring Egyptian cuisine.  Also a night spot. The mezzes are delicious, as are the mulukheya served with chicken or pigeon.

Address: 157, 26th of July street, Zamalek.

Phone: +20.2.749.7326

Felfela -- Authentic Egyptian fast food chain. The nicest outlets are in downtown Cairo or Haram/Pyramids Street (all you need to tell a cab is felfela Wist el balad or Haram street). Best for breakfast. Felfela is a good place to taste such Egyptian staples as shorbat ads (lentil soup), tasty with a squeeze of lemon; taamiya (the local version of falafel); and ful (stewed fava beans served in a variety of ways).

Address: 15 Shara Hoda Sharaawi, Downtown Cairo. Phone: +20.2.392.2833

Abu Shakra -- Moderately priced Egyptian cuisine. Known for its grilled meats and the Egyptian delicacy, stuffed pigeon. Branches in Maadi, Heliopolis, Downtown, & Mohandeseen.

Address: Heliopolis 82 Marghani Street Cairo.

Phone number: +20.2.418.9888

El Omda -- Try the local specialty -- Kushari, a base of rice, lentils, chick peas, macaroni, with a topping of Egyptian garlic, vinegar and spicy tomato sauce. Inexpensive. They also serve Egyptian dishes such as kofta, grilled chicken and a selection of salads.

Address: 6 El-Gazayer St., Mohandesseen area behind the Atlas Hotel off Gameat El Dowal Street in Cairo, Egypt. Phone: +20.2.346.2701.

Opening Hours: noon until 2:00 am.

Andrea -- Located near the Pyramids, this large restaurant features a spacious air-conditioned dining room with a fireplace for winter and a much-lauded garden terrace for summer. Soft lighting, pleasant views and the sizzle of the outdoor grill create a relaxed ambience. Roasted chicken is the house speciality. Kebabs, kofte and quails are also prepared on patio grills. Portions are generous, local beer and wine are served. No desserts.

Address: 59 Teraat el-Maryotteya St. Cairo.

Phone: +20.2.383.1133

Opening Hours: Noon-midnight daily.

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(CNN) -- An Arkansas TV station has officially replaced former weatherman Brett Cummins, a month after he was found in a tub next to a dead body, the station's news director said.

KARK has named Keith Monahan, who had been working at KIAH in Houston, as its new chief meteorologist, said news director Rob Heverling.

"As soon as we watched Keith, we knew he was a very good fit," said Heverling.

On the morning of August 7, Christopher Barbour said he awoke in his home outside Little Rock and found the body of 24-year-old Dexter Paul Williams in an empty tub, his face blue and purple and a chain around his neck, a Maumelle Police Department report said.

Cummins, 33, was asleep next to the corpse, whose head was lying behind the meteorologist's shoulder, Barbour told police, according to the report. The witness said that he awakened Cummins, who screamed after noticing Williams' discolored face and cold skin and ran to the living room, where he vomited next to the couch.

Days later, Cummins resigned from his job at the Little Rock-based station, his attorney Mark Hampton said.

Pulaski County Prosecuting Attorney Larry Jegley said Thursday that his office should know in the coming weeks if any charges will be filed in relation to Williams' death.

The night before the incident, Williams and Cummins arrived together at Barbour's house, Barbour told police. Once there, the three had drunk alcohol and snorted illegal narcotics, though Barbour could not identify the drugs, according to the report.

Maumelle police Lt. Jim Hansard said the manner of Williams' death remains "undetermined." He added that the medical examiner cited several contributing factors, including intoxication with methamphetamine and amphetamines.

The investigation remains open, and there is "no indication (from the medical examiner) in any way that there was a strangulation," said Hansard.

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NEW YORK (CNN) -- Rep. Charles Rangel said he is satisfied with the steps New York police are taking in response to the death of Officer Omar Edwards, but renewed his call for a federal investigation into instances of police friendly fire.

Officer Omar Edwards was shot to death by another officer on May 28.

Edwards, 25, a black officer, was shot to death May 28 by a fellow officer, Andrew Dunton, who is white. Edwards was off duty at the time.

Edwards was in plainclothes and carrying a handgun as he chased a suspect past a police car, authorities said.

Dunton shot him after Edwards failed to drop his weapon when ordered to, they said.  Officials said Dunton said he didn't realize Edwards was an officer.

"Every white cop that shot down a black cop, I would believe it was a mistake and not because of racism, but it takes special training for them to know," Rangel , D-New York, told CNN's Don Lemon on Saturday.

In the wake of Edwards' death, the New York Police Department has implemented sensitivity training and provided guidance to officers on identifying themselves.

In a statement, Rangel asked the Department of Justice to look into "police department practices, training of police officers and whether and to what extent race was an issue in the tragedy."

The shooting prompted New York Gov. David Paterson to commission a task force to investigate shootings between police officers statewide, spokeswoman Marissa Shorenstein told CNN on Saturday.

NYPD Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne pledged Saturday to assist Paterson's investigation.

Also Saturday, the NYPD released a list of 10 New York City officers killed in cases of mistaken identity since 1930. Five of the officers were African-American or Hispanic; five were white. The list does not include officers who were injured by friendly fire, and does not specify whether the officers killed were on or off duty.

The formation of the New York task force came after Paterson met with state officials, clergy members and civil rights leaders, including the Rev. Al Sharpton, in a closed-door meeting Friday. The group called for an independent investigation and the appointment of a special prosecutor to look into the NYPD incident.

"We are handling this sensitively," Paterson told reporters after the meeting. "There may be issues that involve race, [but] we are not discussing any institutional or direct racism."

The governor spoke of what he described as a "high percentage of African-American and Hispanic police officers who were shot either on or off duty by friendly fire." However, the commission will examine friendly fire incidents between all officers regardless of race, according to Shorenstein.

The task force will ask NYPD and police departments across the state to provide any data related to shootings where officers were either killed or injured by other officers.

The governor said the task force will look at the statistics to "determine if there's any disproportionate sense that any particular group has been victimized more than any other."

Paterson said that he would "not close the door" on an independent investigation or special prosecutor to look into the death of Edwards, but would rely for now on the investigation by the New York City district attorney and the NYPD.

The focus of the task force, the governor said, would be to prevent friendly fire among all police officers, regardless of race, and to instill confidence in the state and community that such incidents are investigated properly

CNN's Alona Rivord contributed to this report.

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question: What is the Justice department asked to do?

answer: practices, training of police officers and whether and

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question: What killed officer Omar Edwards?

answer: shot to death by another

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question: What has New York Gov. David Paterson set up?

answer: commission a task force to investigate shootings between police officers statewide,

text: commission a task force to investigate shootings between police officers statewide,

question: What has Charles Rangel asked for?

answer: extent race was an issue in the tragedy."

text: extent race was an issue in the tragedy."

question: Who killed Officer Omar Edwards?

answer: Andrew Dunton,

text: Andrew Dunton,

question: Who shot Edwards?

answer: Andrew Dunton,

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question: What did Paterson do?

answer: commission a task force to investigate shootings between police officers

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Washington (CNN) -- Two Washington Wizards basketball players drew guns on each other during a heated Christmas Eve gambling debt dispute, the New York Post reported Friday.

Law enforcement authorities said they were investigating an incident but gave no details.

Wizards teammates Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton both brandished firearms in the team's locker room, the Post reported, citing NBA league sources.

The dispute erupted when Arenas, a three-time NBA all-star, refused to pay up on a debt owed to Crittenton, the Post stated, citing an anonymous league source.

Multiple sources said Arenas drew his gun first, the Post reported. Arenas denied the charge, saying he never pulled a weapon.

Neither Arenas, 27, nor Crittenton, 22, could be reached for comment Friday.

The incident, according to the Post, occurred during a Wizards practice day at the Verizon Center, the team's arena in downtown Washington. It is unclear whether any other Wizards players witnessed the alleged confrontation, the Post said.

NBA spokesman Tim Frank said Friday that there is "an active investigation" being conducted by Washington law enforcement authorities. "We are not taking any independent action at this time," he said.

The Wizards also released a statement Friday saying that the team takes "this situation and the ongoing investigation very seriously. We are continuing to cooperate fully with the proper authorities and the NBA."

A Washington Metropolitan Police Department statement earlier in the week said local law enforcement was assisting the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia "with an investigation into an allegation that weapons were located inside a locker room at the Verizon Center."

"There are a lot of rumors going around," Washington Police Chief Cathy Lanier said Friday. "We need to get it right."

CNN's David Close and Rick Martin contributed to this report.

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question: What did the players argue over?

answer: gambling debt

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question: Who gave no details?

answer: Law enforcement authorities

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question: What did authorities say?

answer: they were investigating an incident but gave no details.

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question: who drew guns on each other?

answer: Two Washington Wizards basketball players

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question: who is Gilbert Arenas?

answer: a three-time NBA all-star,

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