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The pentagon. >> and i think signatory to the letter of former officials against trump. >> right. >> during the campaign. steve hadly, condi rice were not but gates was. >> right. >> the fact hes brought in, that mattis nominated, reassuring to those who were concerned when candidate trump kept endorsing waterboarding. >> right. >> donald trump said after meeting with mattis, i met with him and he explained why thats wrong. it is against the military code, all tradition, it hurts our own troops ...

Evading judicial review and bryans case is -- this is the first and only case that i know of where so far along in the process they were so close to take this up to an appellate court whether to win or lose if bryans case became moot somebody else would have to start from ground zero to get this case to where it is. i keep hearing people in the military talking about good faith and the only place i heard about it is when i researched the military code. theres already a good faith exception in th...

Video down in miami. >> if you were a muslim i hope it means you can still salute the flag. what does that have to do with it? >> that would be a great question to ask. is it our right to know if somebody wants to opt out of that. now theyre asking for her position to be taken from her, for her to be fired. >> im going to ask one other thing. sometimes you have absence of mind. i remember walking up a few times with my hands in my pockets, instead of my hands crossed. not thinking it was a longe...

Table, in all the years he was held in captivity, he got promotions he was promoted. he also got paid. that is hundreds of thousands of dollars. the army if they want to make a charge of desertion, they want the pay back. theyre not going to let him keep that pay. how are they going to get that back? one way to get that back is to make that ultimate charge of desertion. even if they get a conviction down the road there will still be a good deal of flexibility on sentencing. its not at all clear ...

Question that we dont know the answer to -- did bergdahl absolutely intend to willfully desert his post? or was this a confused man who was not suited to military life and decided just to leave and did not understand potentially the implications of his actions? i will tell you that is the debate i hear in pentagon hallways. thats what people are laying out. what is it? who was bowe bergdahl? what was his intent when he left his base in july of 2009 in eastern afghanistan? that goes to the charge...

My military advice, i balanced the risk of transferring the detainees with the importance of returning a u.s. soldier from enemy captivity. i concluded the risk posed by the detainees future activity would be less grave than breaking faith with our forces in combat. and we heard that over and over throughout many of these letters, that ultimately, this code, the military code of leaving no soldier behind outweighed any of the risks involved. and all of this very significant, don, because we are ...

Taliban for the americans and fresh intelligence on his location. then, in a village, where the next day members of 37 and that may stand for task force 7373 elite special forces unit, they dissend on this village clearing structures, question, detaining people. no sign of sergeant bergdahl. this document includes more leads and more forts following him. >> i understand and im curious as to whether you found out anything about, this that he was initially termed a deserter and then they pulled ba...

Taliban for the americans and fresh intelligence on his location. then, in a village, where the next day members of 37 and that may stand for task force 7373 elite special forces unit, they dissend on this village clearing structures, question, detaining people. no sign of sergeant bergdahl. this document includes more leads and more forts following him. >> i understand and im curious as to whether you found out anything about, this that he was initially termed a deserter and then they pulled ba...

He will be part of a investigation. you heard from members of the unit about what they think happen. he will have a chance to provide information on his own behalf and if there is it evidence of a crime here, his commander can convoen a court martial. he is not be tried on television or internet. but when someone deserts their unit in a time of war, that is a capitol offense under military code of justice. i am all for due process and everyone is presumed independent until proven get. but the mi...

He will be part of a investigation. you heard from members of the unit about what they think happen. he will have a chance to provide information on his own behalf and if there is it evidence of a crime here, his commander can convoen a court martial. he is not be tried on television or internet. but when someone deserts their unit in a time of war, that is a capitol offense under military code of justice. i am all for due process and everyone is presumed independent until proven get. but the mi...