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>> martha: i want to take a look at the arizona race. this is a very tight race, kyrsten sinema and martha mcsally. >> you know in arizona it's not new to have military deployment to the border to have a support role from our customs and border agents that are down there. we tell wish them well and telm to stay hydrated. [laughs] i didn't mean to laugh. >> martha: this is in many ways sort of the essence between these two candidates, chris? >> well, yes, but -- kyrsten sinema is an effective campaigner and she has demonstrated that she has turned around substantially on these issues. this is s...

Support, engineering and logistics type support. they are there completely in a support role to the border patrol. >> secretary mattis today when questioned about the decision to send troops to the border said, quote, we don't do stunts. i mean is this a political stunt by the president? you know, mattis is obviously in a tough spot. his job is to obey orders from the president. >> so, you know, my belief is that secretary mattis is looking at this as a lawful order from the commander in chief. as the secretary of defense, he and his department are going to carry out that order to the best of ...

It is a rank political purpose to use our military like this and to say those kinds of things is really astounding. not in my lifetime have i ever heard those kind of words from a president of the united states. >> the president says that he will be sending up to 15,000 u.s. service members to the border. a lot of them, it looks like, are going to be acting in a support role, not necessarily standing point or, you know, operating as snipers but they will be there. 15,000, i don't need to tell you, that's more than the number of u.s. service members we have currently in afghanistan and it's abo...

Infantry, armor artillery, the killers, if you will. this is not going to be a guard force on the borderer itself. the is where we get into the conversation, the difference between what fox news and the president are saying, which is hyperbole and scare tactics versus the facts on the ground. these are enablers for the department of homeland security to continue with their mission. that's the important thing to remember. the legal and process driven part by the pentagon is up and up. it's above board. now, is it smart? that's up for debate. will it be expensive? you bet, it will be plent ay ex...

So by sending active duty forces, you are in effect because of the law not allowing them to conduct activities that would put them into contact with these migrants. so there is no security presence brought by those individuals, certainly no bayonettes. there will be some that are armed, mostly for purposes of self-defense. but again, it's certainly not how it's being portrayed. they will be there in support roles providing logistics, providing helicopter and vehicle support, engineering and logistics type support. they are there completely in a support role to the border patrol. >> secretary m...