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Readiness and unit cohesion. thats a quote. i wonder your reaction to that. thats an argument thats been made, frankly, for, you know, whether or not to have african-americans serving in the military, and whether to have openly gay people serving in the military, gay and lesbian people. does it affect unit cohesion? >> you brought up the exact points. this is the 1950s, going back to segregation, youre going to the dont ask, dont tell era. i mean nothing ever happened. when we integrated the mil...

Senator, cnn is reporting tonight that the service chiefs who represent the four branches of the military were caught off guard by the presidents twitter announcement. >> this is very, very typical of this president who blunders forward in areas where he has no expertise. ive said before, he is not fit to be commander in chief and his tweet shows that he has reinforced my opinion of him. >> when the white house says this was purely a military decision, having transgender people serve disrupts mi...

Presidents. for him to stand up last night and say i deserve to be on mt. rushmore, you may deserve to be behind bars somewhere but you do not deserve to be on mt. rushmore. >> but whats interesting about that, beyond the irony that this is done on the same day of that anniversary, but some of those arguments, the same arguments about unit cohesion, this is going to be upsetting, by allowing african americans to serve -- >> we heard it with african-americans. we heard it with women in the milita...

You as an organization for the veterans that you represent since that change was made? >> this is something that a lot of people have different political opinions about. but i will tell you that the majority of our members say that this will not harm the military, and unit cohesion. so at a principle level, easy for our organization to make sure that we are on the right side of what is going to be a policy thats going to make our forces stronger. >> at least that was going to. it may be off the ...

Supported this change in policy last year when the obama administration announced it. was that a tough political fight for you guys? was there backlash? has there been difficulty for you for the veterans that you represent since that change was made? >> this is something that a lot of people have different political opinions about. but i will tell you that the majority of our members say that this will not harm the military, and unit cohesion. so at a principle level, easy for our organization t...

Diversity makes us stronger. diversity is what we need. its same thing. these are excuses. this is some kind of -- somethings going on. it has nothing to do with unit cohesion, readiness, or their capability. its nothing to do with that. >> undoubtedly there are members of the military who are not comfortable having transgendered individuals serving with them. when you were serving, you werent open to your fellow s.e.a.l.s. what do you say to those who say, well, look, if some members of the mil...

Five other languages. shes been in the war zone a couple of times, back and forth. shes immensely capable. how will you replace that person? i can give you dozens of accounts of people were that kind of experience. people like me serving in the military, you cant replace a senior chief, you cant replace all that experience. youre talking about huge disruptions. >> the president, according to the white house press secretary, that it erodes military cohesion. thats an argument thats been made, fra...

Said. >> this was a military decision. this was about military readiness. this was about unit cohesion. this was about resources within the military and nothing more. guys, i really dont have anything else to add on that topic. as i do, ill keep you posted. >> so the pentagon knows nothing about this military decision, and the white house is obviously lying when calling it a military decision. and as of tonight, nothing has changed. for anyone serving or wishing to serve in the united states mil...

Connections. this morning the president tweeted, after consultation with my generals and military experts, please be advised that the united states government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the u.s. military. our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail. there was apparently no consultation with his generals. secr...

Unit cohesion. theres a great reluctance of courts to second guess that. thats why most of the dont ask, dont tell challenges failed. it was only when congress and the president, president obama, changed the policy that the policy changed. the courts were not nearly as helpful as they were on same-sex marriage. so i think lawsuits here, they will certainly be filed but likely to be long shots. this is a political and military issue, more than an issue for the courts. >> matt, is this more about ...