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Transgender to live happy lives, but we want unit cohesion and we want combat effectiveness. and that is why the president is doing this out of the warmth of his consideration for this population. >> kristin, whats your reaction to that? >> thats ridiculous. he might be talking something 13th century, bunch of coneheads running down. i was flying uavs, i was doing weirdo intel stuff. when i was in the s.e.a.l.s when i was at, then you had the other guys, assaulters and door kickers, the big dude...

A six-month review. comprehensive review. i trust general mattis. having served in the united states marine corps, he was an extraordinary general, a leader in our military, and so i know whatever decision he would come out with at the end of this process, that hed started, would be for the good order and discipline of the united states military, as well as not compromising combat effectiveness of our forces. >> extraordinary, in addition to getting a heads up, chief of staff of the army, the ge...

Recent days and he said he colored outside the lines. >> david: it took all of one second for this to become an issue. there is a term in the military called combat effectiveness and comey was on in a position of the more he could leave the fbi. one, every time he turned around, he was making some political statement that the left of the right was up in arms about. and two, the fbi agents and bureaucrats that are there didnt trust him any longer. a source told me today that part of the reason is...

Damaged. russias defense ministry concluding the combat effectiveness of this massive attack was thus very low. significantly, stephanie, russia is also suspending its involvement in the agreement, the deconfliction agreement to keep the planes from colliding over syria and not pulling out altogether. the kremlin did concede that russia wasarned in advance out these missile strikes and, also significantly and another sign of russias rather muted response to the u.s. action, the russian foreign m...

That the main runway wasnt hit and the combat effectiveness of the mission is very low. more seriously the russians are suspending their involvement in that deconfliction agreement with the u.s. which helps to prevent u.s. and russian aircraft collide in the skies over syria. but heres the kicker if you like. its just suspending its participation. it isnt pulling out all together. russia is conceding that it was warned of the air strikes before hand and the russian foreign minister, sergey lavro...

Is an organization that is results oriented. theyre at combat effectiveness and also, the best way to get the job done. but theres that mentality that every marine is a rifleman and that mentality will always be there. i dont think the study detracts from anyone. if you look at the summary, the opening paragraph also states that it xhenlds and it says the female marines that have served in iraq and marines served superbly. >> take us into your experience. >> you can talk to you from my perspecti...

I dont understand how this works with just 15,000. it seems to me that you inevitably escalate and you end up with a whole lot more than that. >> colonel nagl, your response? >> first theyre not all at war with each other. second, 15,000 american advisers is plenty. we currently have no american advisers intended. i trained advisers during the earlier phases of this war, teams of a dozen or so american advisers inside a battalion of 500 or so troops will multiply the combat effectiveness of thos...

Essentially? and essentially right now were supporting three different groups who are all at war with each other. the kurds and the shiites and sunnis, do you send -- put advisers with all of them so they all fight each other? i dont understand how this works with just 15,000. it seems to me that you inevitably escalate and you end up with a whole lot more than that. >> colonel nagl your response? >> first theyre not all at war with each other. second 15,000 american advisers is plenty. we curre...

Differences. i have an immense amount of respect for women like jessie jane they add immense amount of value. as a platoon leader in iraq i want to have a guy or a person who is capable of crawling over that wall of dragging that heavy guy off the battlefield. i dont care about equality. i want standard. i want excellence. i want combat effectiveness. trying to pursue pursue a quality and make everybody feel good it is cutting out the marine corps because we are setting arbitrary standards it is...

Its about literal, physical differences. i have an immense amount of respect for women like jesse jane who served the nation, and they add an immense amount of value to what our nation does, but at the end of the day, i want a guy or a person who is capable of crawling over the wall, of dragging that heavy guy off the battlefield. i dont care about equality. i want standards, i want excellence, i want combat effectiveness. trying to pursue equality in the pursuit of making everyone feel good, in...