When one machine gun became inoperable he directed the return to the rally point to switch to another gun truck for a third trip into the ambush area, where his accurate fire directly supported the remaining U.S. personnel and Afghan soldiers fighting their way out of the ambush.
In response to the situation, Democrats want to gut the 1996 Freedom to Farm Act, which phases out subsidies in return for giving growers the flexibility to switch crops in response to changing markets.