Courage Under Fire1996

Nathaniel Serling:
Will there be a public statement of the facts when the Al Bathra investigation is over sir?

General Hershberg:
There's been a decision not to release any of these findings until every case has been thoroughly reviewed.

Serling:
[pause] Well how long do you imagine that will be sir? I mean the next time I see Lieutenant Boylar's parents, I'd like to be able to tell them the whole truth.

Hershberg:
Do you want to know how many grieving parents I had to deal with during Vietnam?

Serling:
With all due respect sir, this is not Vietnam. Lieutenant Boylar's tank was hit by uranium-depleted shells. We're the only country in the world that uses them. We got these reporters from the Washington Post sniffing around his parents, looking for the truth, and the only person that knows the truth is not allowed to say it because these investigators are dragging their backsides. Someone has got to be accountable for this. [pause] Sir.