Other awards but not this one in particular, why? i want to be first and foremost respectfully disagree. i think chris kyle served honorably. a great seal great guy. i knew him very briefly. i don t think the medal of honor is appropriate for this. i think we have inflated his notoriety through hollywood and i think we should honor him for what he is and potentially serve him with the presidential medal of merit or something like that. because a lot of what the congressman has cited is that his service after the military which is not criteria for the medal of honor. like my buddy said if he had fallen on the grenade. look at the guys who had won the medal of honor. you had what was his name. dakota myer for one. he ran into a hail of bullets to get his friends out with no sureness he was going to come back. michael mansoor jump on a grenade. we have had these acts of heroism. to honor chris kyle with the medal of honor, i think he has been awarded very well
Was learning english, becoming an american. you are sensitive to this? absolutely. i m a big fan of asylum with one provision. the screening process must never be done haphazardly. we have to error on the side of america and americans. a family doesn t race into the building to save other kids. they save their own children first. americans are at risk. i m willing to take isis at their word when they say they want to come here. when you look at what they are threatening to do and what they have done, all a the violence and listen to politicians from both sides of the aisle agreeing with comprehensive reform that would give identity documents to people whose identities countries citizenship can t be determined. how you can protect us? if you are not going to secure your borders and enforest your laws, the military s mission is to keep the military away from us. if they can walk through the airport and be admitted to the united states, what s the mission of our military? right. we
Pretty shocking report from the heritage foundation. reduction cuts under the obama administration. the u.s., the report says is barely able to defend vital national interest. the standard benchmark of our military the ability to fight two wars simultaneously has been eroding given the threat levels that we re seeing from around the globe. has the president left america more vulnerable to attack? here now is retired united states air force lt. general richard newton. thanks for being with us. thanks, anna. not being able to fight two wars at one time. what does that mean for us? this is nothing new according to latest report. let me say off the bat that my 34 years on active duty and i just recently retired, i never seen the international environment so unstable if you will. if you recall during senate armed services testimony, director of national intelligence james clapper reported that 2014 was actually the most violent year for global war on terror and so forth. pretty much a
For what he has done so far and he deserves nothing less than honor but not the medal of honor. and dr. howard on the other hand, chris kyle did actually die honorably while trying to help a fellow veteran with ptsd who ultimately took his life, correct? absolutely. different situation. i would ask you to consider this, too. while he didn t run into a hail of bullets having been a sniper, and knowing that there is counter snipers out there, the bounty that was on chris head while he was in country, all the hundreds of people. trying to kill this one man for him to leave his overwatch and go help marines when he didn t have to, i mean, and yes, you bring up a good point anna. in the end he still died trying to help his brothers. and as karl pointed out that was after the military. but you have got to be a little malleable here. look at this whole body of work. look at this man s life military and nonmilitary. i submit to you again, if this man doesn t deserve the medal of honor
There. what heritage has come forward graded this service as marginal in terms of their ability. if you look at the benchmark to be able to conduct two near simultaneous major regional conflicts or operation fuss will. that would be in one theater. fight and try to win that war while trying to hold off in another theater. it s affecting all the services. i want to read from the report this morning. sure. consistent decline in funding and the consequent shrinking of the putting it under pressure. cumulative effect has resulted in the u.s. military that is marginally able to meet the demands of defending america s vital interests. do you agree with that. i do. let me say that men and women, soldiers marines families are doing incredible work. greatest generation to ever served. let me say that right off the bat. that said how they are organized, trained and equipped. and when you think of a defense budget, you think of operation and maintenance, forces in the field. recappization o