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>> as russia faces stiff resistance from ukrainian forces, if the americans are correct and morale is an issue, its a challenge the russians can ill afford. >> weve seen increasing indications that morale and unit cohesion is a problem and yes, that absolutely translates into potential military effectiveness issues. >> and barbara, its amazing just to get that information. how rare is it to get this inside information? >> well, this is really by all accounts very unusual. the russians as we say ...

Respond to a cnn request for comment on the meeting or the readout. but the kremlin has denied reports of low morale among its forces in ukraine. >> you would probably have to doubt this information. you have to doubt it and you have to think twice, whether it is true or not. >> reporter: as russia faces stiff resistance from ukrainian forces, if the americans are correct and morale is an issue, its a challenge the russians can ill afford. >> weve seen increasing indications that morale and unit...

>> today, the head of britains gchq which is the british equivalent of americas nsa says some russian troops are refusing order, some might be sabotaging their own equipment, and there was one report of shooting down their own aircraft, i guess my question to you is, do you understand whether that dynamic is going on amongst russian forces, and does the pentagon believe this is happening wide scale or is this something that is largely very specific and isolated? >> i cant confirm every item in t...

More than 12,000 military service members refusing the COVID-19 vaccine are seeking religious exemptions, and so far they are having zero success.

They isk undermining unit cohesion and morale and mission effective necessary and that becomes a real serious issues potentially for very critical units that the united states depends on. >> thats concerning when you talk about this impacting mission effectiveness and you also have the reserve of the national guard with different vaccination deadlines. they dont have to be vaccinated until june of 2022. you think thats a mistake >> thats right. i think its a big mistake because the national guar...

Problem. i do think we need to completely reform our entire war college so only the best of the best get to go. and they actually practice how do you deter china from invading in taiwan and the most stressing national security scenarios. the second it really is bigger than one personality who is controversial like general milley. its this entire diversity, equity and inclusion brik bureaucracy being built within the pentagon and we are going to have to when we take back the house go through all ...

To say the kkk wasnt really morally that bad and get rid of martin luther king i have a dream speech, these are problematic and certainly parents should weigh impaired when it comes to the military however, i think its terrible that we are politicizing the military we have the greatest military in the world, they can walk into gum at the same time. i dont think it hurts them to learn and be read and educated whether its in regard to sexua harassment or diversity training , because what they want...

About. how that dialogue, the conversation about race in america would somehow undermine unit cohesion and by extension our national security. but theres an argument, a pretty good one, that the opposite is true, that learning about racial discrimination in our shared past would, in fact, perhaps be beneficial for military officers. joining our conversation, chair of the department of african-american studies at princeton university and msnbc contributor, eddie glove. paul rieckhoff is still her...

Potential aggressors like china and russia as well as looking inwardly and being honest with ourselves in areas we need to improve. >> laura: think about that. the troops are hearing that in order to be honest with themselves, on how they need to improve they then need to read a book by a guy who thinks america is inherently wicked and evil. does that make any sense? the message to the troops is this: put your lives at risk for the usa, but remember, the usa is a systemically racist, structurall...

Perspective. there is misinformation out there about critical race theory and when critical race theory is still merely a tool to help people understand history of racism in our country. again, its fact based. fact. 1619 is when we first had slaves come to the american shores. a year before the pilgrims, fact. our constitution 1788 african-americans were three fifths of citizens. fact, we fought a civil war over slavery. the bloodiest war america has ever fought. fact, it took 100 years after th...