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>> lots of men get that standard? >> of course. we have not kept the standard as is in order to get women into ground combat. as soon as that order came down from obama secretary of defense, every branch started crafting chandra neutral standards which are changed standards. heres an example. the infantry officer course in the marine has now changed its grueling combat endurance tests, that required officers to carry airy pounds for miles on and i to scale 80-foot ropes. it used to be a pass or ...

Syria of 2,000 or so people gave us eyes on the ground and helped us to enable the people who are doing the actual ground combat, the syrian democratic forces, the timing was terrible in terms of just launching an impetuous tweet without telling allies and partners we are getting out. we are leaving our partners holding the bag and number of european and middle eastern countries. in the broader counter isis coalition and those that face the potential of an attack from turkey and so they may have...

Warfare. he was going to preserve our lives if he could, and by the way, in the background was collin powell, wounded in vietnam, and others who knew what they were doing? >> what did you think of him holding the law where we got the coalition together in the basis of getting them out of kuwait? that was it? a lot of the people later on the hawkish side said we should have gone all the way. >> at the time i wanted to bounce across the euphrates river. we wanted to continue to fight until we elim...

For 15 years or something. just a wonderful man. a figure in history. model your life after his example, but clinton was a new wave. >> i may have been on that bus. i was on portland the last stopping point for the last stuff. there he is. sully. the late presidents dog now without a master. a comfort dog, as we say, but merely a friend. as they say, if you want a friend in washington, get a dog. he had one. im sure he was the best treated dog and most loved dog in the history knowing george bus...

Soldiers died? >> good morning. this is the single largest loss of ground combat for the u.s. military in three years, according to the pentagon. three u.s. service membered kills, three wounded, a contractor wounded in ghazni. the families are being notified. after that, we will learn the identities of the fallen. it is an area that really encapsulates so much of what is going on in the war in afghanistan. the u.s. had to send troops there to help support afghan forces trying to push back the t...

The one thing to watch for is whether the freshmen who campaigned abstractly on change vote no on pelosi because there is no question that she will have the majority to be the nominee. on the floor, on january 3rd, its her or the republicans. >> i voted against her, but thats an excellent point. we will keep an eye on that. >> well done on the wire reference. pelosi. i didnt want that to go unnoticed. >> close this conversation on a more somber note. three american service members were killed in...

>>. >> horrible news out of afghanistan. they wounded four other americans. barbara star, what are you picking up? >> this is the single largest loss of life in ground combat in three years in the last three years in afghanistan. three americans killed. three additional wounded as well as a contractor. they hit an ied in the area south of the capital of kabul. this is an area where the taliban have been resurgent and they sent troops in to try to help local afghan forces get a handle on the secu...

Tough race his entire career. so well show him tough, then well show him the door. >> wow. a spokesperson for john carters campaign told "hardball" hagars assertion is absolutely untrue. john carter is respected because of his responsiveness to his constituents. im joined by her, the democratic candidate m.j. hagar. thank you. i was going to call you congresswoman, but ill wait for that. tell me about this thing with carter. did you actually go his congressional office and were refused help with...

Destroying their own people. they have no regard for human life. why would we expect that to be different once you denuclearize is? >> lets talk about the state of the us military over considering budget, commitment and everything overall. >> they came out in october that will military was not at his peak of readiness. that was due to a large percentage of the frustration that we endured. approximately hundred billion dollars that were cut from our budget at the 2015. with that said it kept a lo...

Bellicose reaction by putin. great interview by megyn kelly. these nuclear weapons, which we dont actually think are combat-ready and deployed yet, do not in any way change the game. theyve got a massive amount of nuclear weapons. so does the united states. there is no rational first strike capability of nuclear weapons. when you look at russia in terms of national security, their population is less than half the united states. their economy is smaller than california. their active ground combat...