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Exceptions open the armed forces to foreign-born recruits expanding the ranks of those with specialized foreign language fields while giving them a pathway to citizenship. in 2014 the obama administration expanded the program to accept dreamers. at the same time the pentagon struggled to that the increasing backlog of foreign recruits, many with murky unverifiable backgrounds. last year after an assessment revealed some recruits headline on background checks the pentagon closed the program. >> w...

Foreign language skills while giving them a pathway to citizenship. in 2014, the obama administration expanding the program to accept dreamers. at the same time the pentagon struggled to vet the increasing backlog of foreign recruits, many with murky, unverifiable backgrounds. last year, after an assessment revealed some recruits had lied on background checks, the pentagon froze the program. >> we could not continue what weve been doing without an espionage. so we are taking the steps obviously ...

Its a very kind of arbitrary deadline theyre trying to meet her and its complicated because the administration doesnt want to repeat the disasters that happened under the obama administration where the policy was to just release the kids as quickly as possible to almost anybody who would claim them. theyre actually, first of all, making sure that the person who is taking the child is the childs parent, that its a suitable home, that they have the ability to support them, that they dont have prob...

Upper middle class backgrounds, kethledge doesnt come from that. he came from a lower class background. hes from michigan, outside of the coast. and he didnt go to -- he went to a very good school but not an ivy league law school, a harvard or yale, so it provides a sort of diversity that some people think would be good on the court. julie: i want to get to judge thomas hardiman before i let you go. after a phone interview with hardiman on tuesday, president trump called him again on thursday. n...

Time, the government has to come up with a master list of the tender age babies and basically tell this judge we can reunite this bunch, but were having trouble reuniting this other category because guess what we deported their parents and now we cant find them. yesterday at the status hearing we heard out of the 101 tender age kids, 19 parents deported without them and 19 parents released to the country and dont know where they are. >> you have been covering immigration a long time. have you ev...

The dogma lives loudly within you. and thats of concern. >> reporter: despite barretts comment that she believes roe v. wade would not be overturned. >> i would have no interest in as a court of appeals judge, challenging that precedent. >> reporter: new york chuck schumer criticized barrett on twitter calling her an activist judge who will be the deciding vote to overturn roe v. wade. three judges, three very different backgrounds, the nomination process awaits. during that session with repor...

So if you have somebody whos peshl character is called into question, its going to reflect on what happens politically and what happens in that department. >> so lets talk about the people the president is considering for the u.s. supreme court. we know more about them now, at least one woman being considered. all very deeply conservative with their backgrounds. with regards to concerns about the future of lgbt rights and abortion, what do you make of these picks? >> amy barrett is at the top of...

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Former law clerks to retiring justice kennedy. barrett is a former law clerk as well to justice scalia. president trump told reporters on board air force one he expects to announce his pick on monday night at 9:00 p.m. joining us now, a reporter for the washington examiner once again, melissa quinn. good to have you back with us. the president says he has narrowed his focus down to a few supreme court contenders. run us through whom they might be and what their backgrounds could make one of them...

Donald trump wants him to vote for. full stop, rand paul will vote for trumps nominee. whoever it is. >> meanwhile senator susan collins who has said she wont support any supreme court pick who demonstrates hostility toward roe v. wade says she has talked to white house counsel about some of the potential scotus nominees. >> ive done a lot of work on the list, and i have told the white house counsel individuals that to me appeared to meet the criteria of accepting that roe v. wade is settled law...