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Active combat zone? is that hard to square with what he says about his support for the military? >> there's a lot that he says that doesn't square with what he says about the military. if he cared about the troops, he would go visit them in a combat zone. he would to the cemetery. raining or snowing. he certainly wouldn't send 5,000 troops to texas to defend against a caravan that is on its way to tijuana. we have 80,000 vert rans who haven't gotten payments for their payment for housing allotment. he's failed miserably, when it comes to supporting our troops and their families. >> talking abo...

And their families. >> talking about troops being sent to the border. secretary mattis said yesterday, when talking to the troops being sent to the southern border and the role they'd be playing. he said, they would be there as confidence builders. certainly the u.s. military has a lot of priorities. is confidence building one of them? >> no, if anything. those 5,000 troops being sent to the texas border when the caravan 1,000 miles away is headed toward california, and they're being sent to the border over thanksgiving and potentially over christmas is, if anything, it's going to bring down t...

He said you're the confidence builders. they aren't going to be with their families for thanksgiving. they weren't home for veterans weekend. do you think that's how the military would describe themselves as confidence builders? >> i think secretary mattis is putting a lot of lipstick on this pig. he's trying to do to put his best spin on it and he knows very well this isn't the best use of our troops at this time. >> what do you think they're thinking about this? >> i think a lot of them are probably wondering what they're doing there, when they're going home, what the purpose of tlp mission ...