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Besides, it doesn't work. black sites, that's causing a huge amount of upheaval around the rest of the world as well, people don't like it. remember, cast your mind back to the early 2000s where this was routine under the bush administration and what it did for america's relations through the rest of the world, put them right down into the gutter. it took a long time to bring those relations back up. those are, sort of we've been there before but dow want to go there again. >> what has the fallout been from president trump's words that, yes, he thinks waterboarding is effective and he might wa...

They hand in. the u.s. military has been slowly trying to integrate women into what was once a male-only combat role over the past couple of years. last month, two women completed the grueling army ranger course for the first time. some women in the military say they want these combat roles because they're often -- they often pay better and can help them get promoted faster. back in january of 2013, the then-secretary of defense, leon panetta, signed an order that got rid of the limits placed on women fighting for the country. they gave u.s. military leaders until this january to argue whether...

Would take the decision whether to move forward on a case out of the military chain of command. >> this is not about sex. this is about assaultive violation, and as long as they gut mushed together you're not going to be as successful as you need to be at getting after the most insidious part of this, which is the predators in your ranks that are sullying the great name of our american military. >> if i believe that removing commanders from their central role of responsibility in addressing sexual assault would solve these crimes within our rank ib ç would be yourstroke proponent, but removin...

Back to basics providing rapid response teams for the military. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has more. >> the u.s. military winds down the war in afghanistan, where the u.s. marines have been sent for years to fight in desert conditions, far from any ships or water. the pentagon is making plans to again place marine special operations team on board navy ships in the middle east and elsewhere. the units composed of 14 marines would serve as a rapid reaction force. like the one needed the night of the attack on the u.s. consulate and the c.i.a. annex in benghazi, libya. the c...

Thinning u.s. navy. >> 1998, we had six ship builder companies. today we have two. >> today a news report that the chinese military is lowering the standard to have new recruits to have tattoos in a race to expand the army already the largest in the world. the marine commandant warned that smaller budgets would mean fewer marines. >> with go to war, the marines will come home when it's over. no rotation of forces. >> democratic members of the committee pushed back wanting to know why the defense budget excluding the wars in iraq and afghanistan grown by more than 30% since 2001. >> there is th...