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President trump reversed president obama's order to admit transgender people into the military citing medical cost and disruption of the arms forces. a recent poll shows 23% of americans are for transgender military and listen. 31% against and 38% say no impact. those who served our military feel very passionate about the topic including my next to guess, both former navy seals. i'm joined by kristin back who came out as a transgender in 2013. i'll start with you. >> i retired in 2011 and i was working for the department of defense and then i came out in3 2012, 2013 timeframe. >> you don't bel...

And they had denied that for months until march when republican operative j.d. gordon confirmed to cnn that he advocated for the successful platform language that the ukrainians not be armed in the battle against pro russian separatists. gordon not only killed the amendment but did so while having an animated phone call with which he described as a highest level of the trump campaign in new york. she would not specify if that meant donald trump herself. was that normal? they probe wld this happened for policies regarding any other country on earth. asked if she recalled trump staffers involved...

From the u.s. army. general, you and i often talk about the caliber of the general officers in today's military, how many of them have advanced degrees that in past generations just did not exist. it was much more emphasis on warrior than it is today the kind of scholar warriors we've been seeing and i think you'd agree, general mattis who we're here to talk about today is a part of th latter category. >> well, no question. you know, nicole made a good point. he's an intellectual, he is very well read and sophisticated man. he has heroic status inside the arms forces. both marine corps and arm...

Of georgia. you just saw general mattis walk in with the chairman of arms services. perhaps the most qualified person in all of congress to be the chairman and that is senator john mccain of arizona. let's listen. >> well, good morning, all. for the information of the members at about 15 minutes before the last question, you'll be notified and asked that the committee will immediately proceed to consideration of senate bill 84 which is to provide for an exception to a limitation against appointment of persons as secretary of defense within seven years of relief from active duty as a regular co...

We lost an american member of the arms forces in iraq. now this expeditionary force in iraq, what is it intending to do? how will things change there? >> they're not calling it an expeditionary force. it is a rapid response force. it will be based in northern iraq. this could be fairly large. negotiations are still under way to determine the size. this will be a force that can help oat. the advising force that will be with the special ops force in syria with the kurds and their allied arabs will be quite small. we're talking dozens of people. the rapid response force could be much larger. and ...