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Disgraceful. it's deplor skpbl destructive. it's bad for america. it's bad for our politics. it's bad for our military and veterans community and bad for donald trump. i can't imagine who would support this position, continuing to attack a war hero, someone who is maybe the most famous war veteran in the world. it is really bringing the commander in chief to a new low. i think it is hurting him and hurting america in a very big way. >> are you hearing from veterans in the last 24 hours or so about this and particularly some that had supported the president, endorsed him, stood by him, donated ...

And it is the cultural piece of it. the commander of a unit is responsible for what is called his or her command climate. that's what it is like working and doing business with living as part of a group of soldiers or sailors or marines or airmen 24/7 sometimes. how do you set the tone for how they ought to interact with each other. that's kind of stuff. that's why commanders are falling down. they're not doing their job because their bosses are not paying attention to that aspect. >> we appreciate all the work you are doing and hopefully senator mcsally sharing her story and calling this as a...

Community. and all those were addressed. you may not like the vehicle. but the issues are serious. >> and timing. today. it's one thing to be at a rally during the storl. we know what he said about president obama campaigning after sandy. happened. he was talking about obama even though it was days after the storm saying it was wrong. he was there during the storm. and the day after it, he meets with this cartoonish situation with kanye west? he was bringing up some issues. but he was rambling in between. and there wasn't the coagency you expect to be handled with that issues. it's not an insu...

So we want to talk to somebody who knows a little bit about these things. joining me now, former nsa director and cnn national security analyst, general michael hayden. general hayden, is this an issue of national security? >> no, i don't think so. certainly not within the four corners of the anonymous op-ed, anderson. look, i willingly concede the president has legitimate administrative, political, and even policy reasons to find out who this individual is. but this is not a question of law or a crime or national security. and, anderson, if i can suggest, i frankly think the white house is lo...

Who this individual is. but this is not a question of law or a crime or national security. and, anderson, if i can suggest, i frankly think the white house is looking through the wrong end of the telescope here. >> how so? >> well, if you got the woodward book and all of the anecdotes in that and what's been revealed in the op-ed, we would define this as a problem of command climate. when you have so many people seeming to be disloyal to the commander's intent, we would say, we've got a problem with the unit. and command climate is a function of command. so i think the white house should be fo...