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Reporter: indeed pool cameras recorded historic moment of vice president pence swearing in the secretary. the vote was 98-1 in his favor he spoke more in favor of then general trump has. use of diplomatic, economic and military steps to quote defend ourselves. together with the intelligence community we are the sentinels and guardians of our nation mattis said in a statement to the 1.9 million active duty and reserve members under his command, recognizing to nation is secure without friends. we ...

Removed from civilian command. you cant get more deplorable than the current rate of prosecution and conviction and punishment than there is now in terms of military sexual assault. you cant get any worse than that. i dont understand what senator carl levin is talking about when he says moving it outside of the chain of command could damage the track record we already have. we have no track record here. >> marine and msnbc contributor, goldy, always good to see you. >> thanks for having me. up...

>> they ought to know. and i think were seeing something similar with the mcchrystal case. youre seeing a disrespect of civilian command. there are very, very clear federal laws and military policies regarding this. the men themselves being ordered to do this were protesting saying look, this is not right, this is illegal and still they continued to do it. i think it speaks to how desperate they are to explain to the civilian command. >> i think its different telling jokes about joe biden, which...

Dont these uniform guys at the top know theyre supposed to take orders from the civilian government and not manipulate psychological. i know its a rhetorical question. i know the answer. they ought to know. >> they ought to know. and i think were seeing something similar with the mcchrystal case. youre seeing a disrespect of civilian command.ç there are very, very clear federal laws and military policies regarding this. the men themselves being ordered to do this were protesting saying look, t...

Government and not manipulate it psychologically? i want to go back to eric bates on this again. i know its a rhetorical question. i know the answer, they ought to know. >> they ought to know and i think that were seeing something -- whats similar in the mcchrystal case. a disrespect of civilian command. are there very, very clear federal laws and military policies regarding this. the men themselves who are being ordered to do this were protesting and saying, look, this is not right, this is ill...