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Military now that jim mattis is gone it is likely that pat shanahan will tackle this subject in the future, he is to lead in the pentagon. >> shannon: thank you very much. on one side their claims the pentagons approach her with the president, on the other it is what david said, the battlefield lethality idea. lets bring in richard fowler and retired sergeant, jesse james, great to have both of you with us. >> it is good to be here. >> shannon: let me read some of the reactions, not happy about ...

Is donald trump highlighting concerns about transgender members of the military. now that mattis is gone, acting secretary pat shanahan will tackle this subject in the future. he is still eating the pentagon. shannon: on one side claims the pentagons approach about the rigidness. on the other it is what david talked about, the battlefield be valid the idea. lets bring in richard fowler and gary sargent, senior fellow at the london center for policy research, great to have you with us. let me rea...

>> in moments following the supreme court opposition erupted. americans who defend our right to live really should serve freely, presidential candidate kirsten gillibrand tweeting trumps ban on transgender troops in the military is an affront to their service and has nothing to do with unit cohesion or readiness. the point of war is to win. that lethality has made america the strongest military in the world. according to some military leaders, americas lethality became endangered when barack oba...

Of old cold harbor, where they prepare for the final assault, just 10 miles from richmond. >> what are you boys doing? >> just making sure we can find our way home when the fighting is over. >> grants soldiers, knowing full well, "were going to get killed, at least my family can have my body," and so they, you know, pinned, stitched, whatever their addresses on their uniforms. what you have here is kind of unit cohesion. "im dying -- not for grant, not for the union, not for the slaves. im dying...

Army south to the crossroads of old cold harbor, where they prepare for the final assault, just 10 miles from richmond. >> what are you boys doing? >> just making sure we can find our way home when the fighting is over. >> grants soldiers, knowing full well, "were going to get killed, at least my family can have my body," and so they, you know, pinned, stitched, whatever their addresses on their uniforms. what you have here is kind of unit cohesion. "im dying -- not for grant, not for the union,...

Transgenders were not permitted to serve. i may have served with a transgender and not known it. it even goes further than the dont ask, dont tell. years ago you couldnt be openly homosexual. i honestly dont know if i served with anyone. honestly there would have been no impact on cohesion. i read through the entire statement, the entire report that the pentagon provided to the president. its 44 pages long. i think the key point is the impact on unit cohesion and unit readiness. that seemed to b...

Important part of political process that demands accountability on our elected officials. i look forward to the opportunity to attend, be part that have process and be one of those faces in the crowd, one of those people that demands accountability from the government. you know, we all have a say when we have the opportunity to vote. this is our chance to hold accountable those people that we elected to office. >> let me play for you a little bit of what we heard from republican leadership, what...

Serving in the military are winding their way through the courts and likely to go all the way to the supreme court at some point. in the meantime jim mattis has ordered a commission to review the impacts of transgender troops on unit cohesion and he will report the findings. the justice department has decided not to appeal a stay ordered by the court. the department of defense announced it will be releasing an independent study of these issues in the coming weeks. rather than litigate the interi...

Off and say we no longer want transgender people in our services, its bad for unit cohesion. thats not a sufficient bases for that kind of discrimination and both judges say its unconstitutional. >> this is not the first time that trumps tweets or television interviews or what he said in a rally have been used against him in a court. its religious liberty order its sanctuary city ban. how much are donald trumps own words a factor in these decisions and if hed just stop tweeting or giving intervi...

Strategic doctrines. >> is there any guidance, do you know, for what determines military effectiveness? physical? >> i cant wait to find out what secretary mattis is going to sort of put in motion to try and figure all of this out. you know? because, look, nobody ever made the case in trying to sort of drum transgender or possibly transgender officers out of the military, nobody ever made the case that unit cohesion was falling apart or that there was an inability to accomplish any specific miss...