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Tankers. then you tag on to that another 150 to 200 fighters that are out there every day. were war fighting. you cant have a fighter show up and not have a tanker there. it would take us literally eight to ten hour to do that every day. >> the solution? make an app for that by putting software experts next to airmen. >> we built the software side by side with them. >> it takes half the manpower and half the time and saves a million dollars of fuel per week. they developed a program to quickly a...

President. and the chain of command would be through the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs i think or maybe to the nuclear commander. in any case, jim mattis is there and hes not going to execute an order that he thinks is either illegal or crazy. so thats -- thats good, but -- so i dont actually think thats the greatest threat from donald trump, but it is worth taking a fresh look. one thing one should look at also is congress role here, congress in general in war fighti...

That come out of the war fighting. molly: is that something we need to be cognizant of as this goes forward, that sometimes theyre talented messengers? they might not have been successful in a physical fight, but theyre the good communicators? >> they certainly could be. i think a lot of their communication, though, is their people that focus online in that cyber world of things. so we do -- we actually have kind of a unique problem going on right now in terms of talent acquisition and retention...

Post" video. youre going back to a shiny object, christopher. we played it on the show, we gave him his due for that. >> i doubt you played the whole thing. i bet you -- >> we played it on the show last friday, guys? did we play that on the show. >> maybe we should show it again. >> well youre not producing this. you can produce newsmax tv were we played it on the show, we asked analysts about that and. >> its a side show because you dont want to stalk about -- >> its a side show because youre t...

>> i doubt you played the whole thing. >> we played it on the show last friday, guys? >> maybe we should show it again. >> yes, we did. >> you can produce news max tv, but we played it on the show. we asked analysts about that. >> the truth is this is a side show because you dont want to talk about any of achievements as president. hes very close to getting tax reform -- >> im talking to you about the controversy that hes in now and youre throwing out shiny objects because you dont want to talk ...

Any president would want to see the full range of options. its warming that secretary mattis and general mcmaster, the national security adviser heard out eric prince and promptly said no, were not going to do that, were not going to outsource our war fighting to private industry. i would have been worried a about the fabric of our country had we done that. >> an afghan war veteran, its great to have you. >> absolutely.

That. were not going to outsource our war fighting. i think that was a positive and i would have been very worried about the fabric of our country going forward. >> thank you for your time on that. afghan war veteran, contributing editor at "the atlantic" magazine, good to have you. >> thank you. joining me now is former secretary of defense who spent considerable time in afghanistan in that role. mr. carter, thank you very much for being with us. im glad to have you here. >> thanks, rachel. >...

Lets give him the benefit of the doubt. any president would want to see the full range of options. its warming that secretary mattis and general mcmaster, the national security adviser heard out eric prince and promptly said no, were not going to do that, were not going to outsource our war fighting to private industry. i would have been worried a about the fabric of our country had we done that. >> an afghan war veteran, its great to have you. >> absolutely.

Stronger, the afghans will do their part to take on this fight. the common threat of terrorism. weve heard from a pakistani opposition parliamentarian, not from the government itself, responding to what president trump said, more pressure required on pakistan to get them to stop harboring terrorists. and the opposition politicians said tip kelly the united states is blaming pakistan again for its failed and flawed policies in afghanistan. perhaps that statements not unsurprising. i think in the ...

>> the point is -- >> tucker: whats the point? im losing fact of the point. >> the pointed is when you have a blanket ban that takes out qualified men and women who are otherwise able to serve, paced on a characteristic that hassing in to do with their ability to serve this country, that hurts. >> tucker: like age? >> i dont really think your argument has principle here. let me ask you this question and its sincere. nothing against transgender people. why should military be on the hook for sex c...