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Country. the previous guests were absolutely right, though. at some point he has to make the choice whether or not his loyalty to the commander in chief and that military code overrides his loyalty and obligation to the country to say these things. if in fact he believes that the president of the united states lacks the judgment, lacks the intelligence, lacks the integrity to make sound decisions and to perform his duties, then at some point he has an obligation to share that with the country. >> yeah. >> and jeffrey goldberg is pressing him on that and makes it very clear that he was frustrat...

Was reinstated. the victim recorded his confession eight years later. over the last 18 months, four military rape conviction have been overturned and at least ten new cases have been dismissed outright. the justice department is asking the supreme court to step in and fix this now. this is a statute of limitations decision that set military rapists free. tell us what the justice department is now saying. >> the justice department is saying a couple things. primarily that longstanding language in the military code has exempted rain from deadlines, from the statute of almo almostatio limitations...

Since he's been sworn in, he thinks tough talk and almost uncritical support of the military is the path to getting their support. they vote, they are citizens, they are an important voting block to the president. on the other hand, he may not fully understand there's a segment of the military that does not want this level of interference in their institutions. as candidate buttigieg was trying to convey, falling back on the institutions, the military code of justice and other procedures enables the military to function clearly to keep discipline, to keep on the right side of conflicts and sto...

Because it kind of falls under your purview. this is this story that's been reported this week, president trump floating potential pardons, including one for a navy s.e.a.l. who's about to stand trial for killing civilians in iraq, allegedly. what's your view of a presidential pardon in that case and what would it signal to the troops? >> of course, the president has the right to pardon who he thinks it's appropriate to do so. the one cautionary note i have here is, you know, in the chain of command, when we are conducting a courts marshal or when you are executing the military code of uniform...

It. this has been such a debacle in that the administration puts out so much false claims about what's actually going on, ignoring the root of the problem, the incredible poverty and instability teaming in these central american companies and causing people to flee for their lives in homes of a better life. and so the whole debate gets distorted and they aren't even trying to come up with a problem. they're just using american troops as political perhaps. and doing it right before the holidays, too. deploying, seeking to deploy up to 15,000 troops on the u.s. border before thanksgiving and chr...