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<v Speaker 1>Welcome.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got a special edition of The Matt Gates Show

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<v Speaker 2>this evening. Republican California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton is here

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<v Speaker 2>and we'll bring you the full, unedited, uncut interviews with

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<v Speaker 2>top officials at the United States Department of War, conducted

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<v Speaker 2>by yours truly. We've been on the ground at the

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<v Speaker 2>Pentagon all week.

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<v Speaker 3>That's all next on The Matt Gates Show. Let's do

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<v Speaker 3>this shaking up Washington, d C. We're breaking the fever.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you haven't watch this guy in television.

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<v Speaker 4>It's like a machine.

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<v Speaker 5>He's great, Matt Gates.

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<v Speaker 3>There's a socialist dictatorship.

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<v Speaker 2>There's harmed Americans for far too long under unified leftist

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<v Speaker 2>rule for many moons. I'm not talking about Venezuela. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>talking about California. California used to be the place where

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<v Speaker 2>the American dream put on sunglasses and said, hop in,

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<v Speaker 2>we're going for a ride. It was sun surf startups, insanity.

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<v Speaker 2>Now it's become a national case study for what happens

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<v Speaker 2>when a state, let's say, single political machine run wise

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<v Speaker 2>without adult supervision. The dream is still somewhat there under

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<v Speaker 2>a tent behind a regulation and maybe in the lost

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<v Speaker 2>and Found of a DMV office that hasn't updated its

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<v Speaker 2>carpet since nineteen seventy three. Every week brings a new

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<v Speaker 2>statistic that feels like parody of governance. People fleeing the

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<v Speaker 2>state faster than Sacramento can invent new taxes, businesses packing

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<v Speaker 2>up their servers, their payrolls, and their employees, putting everybody

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<v Speaker 2>into a U haul and heading for states where regulations

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<v Speaker 2>don't jump out from behind the Bush's families praying their

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<v Speaker 2>kids will learn reading, writing, and an arithmetic instead of

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<v Speaker 2>getting a crash. Courts and gender improv theater. And yet

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<v Speaker 2>there's something heartfelt about watching Californians insist they can fix it.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like watching a friend stay in a toxic relationship.

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<v Speaker 3>Sometimes you want.

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<v Speaker 2>To hug them, maybe grab them by the shoulders and say, honey,

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<v Speaker 2>you deserve better. After Gavin Newsom's election theft of five

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<v Speaker 2>at Republican congressional seats, Congressman darryl Isa of San Diego

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<v Speaker 2>was asked to potentially run for a seat in Texas,

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<v Speaker 2>where there would be more open Republican chances. Ia ultimately declined, instead,

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<v Speaker 2>saying he'd stay in California and fight it out, even

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<v Speaker 2>against the terribly long odds. There's something deeply charismatic about that.

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<v Speaker 2>But there is so much to do.

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<v Speaker 3>Just look at crime.

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<v Speaker 2>The official position seems to be it's not a problem

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<v Speaker 2>unless someone makes the mistake of reporting it homelessness. California

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<v Speaker 2>spends billions, builds communities, commissions reports, and produces exactly one

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<v Speaker 2>thing more homelessness. The nonprofits get richer, the streets get

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<v Speaker 2>messier and dirtier. And at the heart of all of

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<v Speaker 2>it is this border disaster, a situation so out of

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<v Speaker 2>control that California could qualify as an honorary border country.

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<v Speaker 2>Cartels fent at all, traffickers, criminals slipping through an open door,

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<v Speaker 2>while state leadership works over time to block cooperation with

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<v Speaker 2>federal enforcement. But that's where the story turns, because this

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<v Speaker 2>year something is shift in Californians who never voted, read

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<v Speaker 2>in their lives are looking around and thinking.

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<v Speaker 3>This blue paint isn't just peeling, It's toxic.

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<v Speaker 2>You feel it in the polls, the conversations, the special

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<v Speaker 2>elections that maybe are producing different results than we expected.

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<v Speaker 2>When one party rule collapses, it always happens in the

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<v Speaker 2>same way, slow at first, and all at once, and

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<v Speaker 2>into this moment walks Steve Hilton. Now here's a guy

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<v Speaker 2>who spent years calling out the nonsense. Not as a

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<v Speaker 2>political performer, not as a consultant whispering in the back row,

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<v Speaker 2>but someone who actually understands how policy works. He's seen

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<v Speaker 2>what made California great. He's watched the political elite break

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<v Speaker 2>it piece by piece, and he stepped forward.

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<v Speaker 3>Saying something radical, let's fix it.

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<v Speaker 2>He talks like someone who believes the state can be restored,

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<v Speaker 2>not managed, not rearranged, not wallpapered, but genuinely saved. He

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<v Speaker 2>talks to immigrants, small business owners, entrepreneurs, families who just

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<v Speaker 2>want their neighborhoods back. And they listened because he's making

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<v Speaker 2>a case that California doesn't belong to the bureaucrats, but

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<v Speaker 2>the people who wake up up every morning and make

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<v Speaker 2>the place run. And here's what it means for this

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<v Speaker 2>moment and for our audience. He's not pitching some soft, polite,

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<v Speaker 2>Sacramento approved makeover. He's talking about bringing California back into

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<v Speaker 2>alignment with the movement that is reshaping the rest of

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<v Speaker 2>the country, the MAGA movement, the movement that says we

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<v Speaker 2>deserve safety opportunity borders, schools that teach something, leadership that

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<v Speaker 2>wakes up every day thinking about citizens, not special interests.

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<v Speaker 2>So to night we dig in the collapse of California's

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<v Speaker 2>old model, the rise of a new coalition, the energy

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<v Speaker 2>of a state that's finally reaching its breaking point, and

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<v Speaker 2>now someone like Steve Hilton might just turn the blue

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<v Speaker 2>estate in the nation into the biggest political plot twist

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<v Speaker 2>in a decade. Joining us now is Republican candidate for

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<v Speaker 2>California Governor, Steve Hilton. So, Steve, I want to start

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<v Speaker 2>with this decision that we got from Congressman Darryl Isia

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<v Speaker 2>to stay in California to fight it out and not

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<v Speaker 2>to head to greener pastures in a congressional district new

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<v Speaker 2>drawn in Texas more easily winnable for a Republican. What's

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<v Speaker 2>your reaction to Congressman IS's decision and what does it

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<v Speaker 2>say for your campaign that Republicans want to stay and

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<v Speaker 2>turn this state around.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, exactly, that it's great news.

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<v Speaker 6>It's a little bit surprised to hear that Daryl was

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<v Speaker 6>heading to Texas.

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<v Speaker 4>That didn't ring true.

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<v Speaker 6>He's a fighter and I'm very pleased to see that

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<v Speaker 6>that was a rumor because we've got a fight for California.

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<v Speaker 4>We've got to save California. We cannot allow.

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<v Speaker 6>The biggest, the most beautiful state in America to continue

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<v Speaker 6>to slide into stagnation and decline under this one party rule.

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<v Speaker 6>And that means everyone's got to get into the fight.

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<v Speaker 6>I've always seen it in that way. It's a team

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<v Speaker 6>effort here. Of course, I'm running for governor. I'm leading

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<v Speaker 6>in the polls. It's looking good, but there's a long

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<v Speaker 6>way to go, and it's not just that one race.

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<v Speaker 6>We've got to get Republicans elected at every level in California,

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<v Speaker 6>and we've got to stand on a simple platform of

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<v Speaker 6>saying we've got to restore common sense and Santa and

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<v Speaker 6>kick out these useless ideologues who've just run this state

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<v Speaker 6>into the ground. So it's good news that Dar's going

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<v Speaker 6>to be here as part of that fight.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it could go one of two ways, Steve.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that people could be so angry that Gavin

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<v Speaker 2>Usom spent all this money on this crazy special election

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<v Speaker 2>and angry at the lack of disaster response and the

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<v Speaker 2>other crumbling conditions in the Golden State.

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<v Speaker 3>Or the risk is that with fewer.

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<v Speaker 2>Republicans in Congress from California, Republicans could become increasingly demoralized.

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<v Speaker 2>What do you say to keep people's spirits up after

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<v Speaker 2>the results in the Prop fifty election.

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<v Speaker 6>No, that's exactly right, Matt, And that's why we've got

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<v Speaker 6>to there's no real shortcut to that other than to

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<v Speaker 6>be honest doing what I'm doing, which is fighting even

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<v Speaker 6>harder and saying we're not going to let them get

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<v Speaker 6>away with this. The way that this corrupt system that

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<v Speaker 6>they've built has been crushing and silencing Republican voices, they've

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<v Speaker 6>already been doing it.

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<v Speaker 4>The system we had even.

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<v Speaker 6>Before Newsom's election rigging, was already massively gerry mannered in

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<v Speaker 6>favor of Democrats already.

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<v Speaker 4>Now it's much worse. But there's only one response, which

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<v Speaker 4>is we got a.

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<v Speaker 6>Fight back, and that means being out there with a strong,

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<v Speaker 6>energetic campaign. I'm up and down the state all the time,

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<v Speaker 6>and I'm telling you, people are really sick of what's

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<v Speaker 6>going on. And next year, when it's the elections for

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<v Speaker 6>the future of California, the governor and the other statewide

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<v Speaker 6>offices and in the state legislature, it's going to be

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<v Speaker 6>the real issues that affect everyone, the fact that we've

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<v Speaker 6>got the highest gas prices in the country, the highest

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<v Speaker 6>electric bills.

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<v Speaker 4>It's impossible to do anything, build anything.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm right here in the Palisades right now, where basically

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<v Speaker 6>nothing's happening. Despite Gaven Newsom's promises of a Marshall plan

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<v Speaker 6>to rebuild LA.

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<v Speaker 4>Everywhere you look, it's a disaster.

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<v Speaker 6>And I think when we get out there with a

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<v Speaker 6>real strong, positive, common sense conservative alternative, I really believe

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<v Speaker 6>we can pull this off.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm not saying it's going to be easy. It's not.

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<v Speaker 6>It's going to be difficult, but that means it's worth

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<v Speaker 6>fighting for, and that's what I'm planning to do.

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<v Speaker 3>We're glad you're out in the Palisades.

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<v Speaker 2>We covered closely the terrible fires there and it seemed

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<v Speaker 2>as though things were a lot worse because there wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>effective disaster response and emergency response. One would hope that

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<v Speaker 2>this would be the type of thing that would bring

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<v Speaker 2>Republicans and Democrats together to act to demand something more

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<v Speaker 2>responsive to their needs. Have you found converts, people who

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<v Speaker 2>maybe were prior supporters of Newsom who've seen the way

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<v Speaker 2>he's dealt with these disasters, and are now open minded

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<v Speaker 2>about your candidacy.

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<v Speaker 6>One hundred percent. And I'm going to be seeing a

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<v Speaker 6>lot of them tonight. We've got an event here in

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<v Speaker 6>Los Angeles, and I know that many of the people

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<v Speaker 6>coming people who were once Democrats, and we're thinking that

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<v Speaker 6>that's the only way to vote in California.

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<v Speaker 4>That's just the way it is.

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<v Speaker 6>And they've just seen firsthand the kind of pain and

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<v Speaker 6>suffering that's actually been inflicted on regular working people right

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<v Speaker 6>across the state for many years now, small business owners

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<v Speaker 6>and so on. I used to be a small business owner,

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<v Speaker 6>used to run restaurants back in the day. The struggle

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<v Speaker 6>of just doing anything in California. That's now come home

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<v Speaker 6>to people right here. And what many people would have

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<v Speaker 6>thought is the kind of heartland of the Democrat elite

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<v Speaker 6>in Los Angeles, and they are seeing it too now

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<v Speaker 6>and you're definitely getting people coming over. We need more

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<v Speaker 6>and that's what I'm fighting for.

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<v Speaker 2>Matt Van Epps just won a congressional race in Tennessee,

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<v Speaker 2>and his message was that you can't run away from Trump,

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<v Speaker 2>that Democrats are already motivated in their hatred of President Trump,

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<v Speaker 2>and the only way to match that enthusiasm is with

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<v Speaker 2>a full embrace of the direction he's trying to take

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<v Speaker 2>the country. I know that's challenging in a place like California,

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<v Speaker 2>where President Trump didn't win the electoral votes. When you

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<v Speaker 2>meet people who say, Gosh, Steve, you know I like you,

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<v Speaker 2>but I don't like President Trump. How do you get

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<v Speaker 2>their vote while also maintaining the important enthusiasm from that

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<v Speaker 2>core magabase.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, I think it's a great question. I think there's

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<v Speaker 4>a couple of aspects to it.

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<v Speaker 6>You've got the Trump policies, of course, which are the

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<v Speaker 6>core of the appeal that I think we need to

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<v Speaker 6>make in California, fighting for working class Californias. Remember what

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<v Speaker 6>President Trump did both in twenty sixteen and then even

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<v Speaker 6>more so twenty twenty four, a multi racial, working class coalition.

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<v Speaker 6>So that's why my simple message is three dollars gas,

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<v Speaker 6>cut your electric bills in half, your first one hundred grand,

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<v Speaker 6>no state income tax, a home you can afford to buy.

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<v Speaker 6>It's that kind of message, the Trump attitude lifting up

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<v Speaker 6>working people.

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<v Speaker 4>That's part of it.

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<v Speaker 6>But the other thing I'd want to say is that actually,

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<v Speaker 6>as for example, last night in East Los Angeles, heavily

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<v Speaker 6>Latino area as a toy drive for Christmas in partnership

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<v Speaker 6>with local churches.

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<v Speaker 4>There were people there in Maga hats.

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<v Speaker 6>I talked to people and ask them directly about the

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<v Speaker 6>immigration raids, eyes, deportations and so on.

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<v Speaker 4>They say, no, we are American citizens.

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<v Speaker 6>Yes we have Latino family backgrounds, but we're American.

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<v Speaker 6>To people who shouldn't even be here at all, who

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<v Speaker 4>And that's what I saw for myself last night.

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<v Speaker 2>We've been watching very closely what's been happening among the

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<v Speaker 2>Republicans running for governor of California, but they are also

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<v Speaker 2>She is someone that's had her rage issues exposed in

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<v Speaker 2>some viral video clips. Are you expecting that you'll be

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<v Speaker 3>And where do you.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, more of the same.

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<v Speaker 6>Any of these Democrats in the terrible direction we've already

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<v Speaker 6>Right now, I think we've got a really fluid situation

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<v Speaker 6>of weeks you've had two new candidates jump in the race,

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<v Speaker 6>Eric Swoalwell and Tom stye So with Swoalwell, I don't

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<v Speaker 6>know which I'd rather have. Kate Porter with the endless

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<v Speaker 6>opportunity for mashed potato jokes and rage jokes, or Swollwell

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, you've spoiled for choice.

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<v Speaker 6>You've also got Tom Steyer, who's a billionaire climate fanatic

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<v Speaker 6>We're also hearing that the state Attorney General, Rob Bonter,

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<v Speaker 6>who's mired in a corruption scandal of his own involving

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<v Speaker 6>the disgraced mayor of Oakland and some dodgy waste removal company,

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<v Speaker 4>So it's still unclear to me who we're going to

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<v Speaker 6>But I think what I always say is it doesn't

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<v Speaker 6>We've got to go in a new direction.

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<v Speaker 3>I've said it before, I'll say it again.

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<v Speaker 2>The last time California elected a Republican governor, he was

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<v Speaker 2>the magic elections. Steve Hilton, my good friend, a Republican

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<v Speaker 2>candidate for governor at Stay Safe on the campaign.

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<v Speaker 4>Trail, Thank you Matt se Soon.

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<v Speaker 3>And coming up.

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<v Speaker 2>There needs to be accountability at the Pentagon, and the

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<v Speaker 2>We go now to the Pentagon to explore how the

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<v Speaker 2>United States military is rapidly changing under President Trump and

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<v Speaker 2>Secretary Hegseeth. No person embodies that change more than Lieutenant

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<v Speaker 2>Colonel Stu Sheller. Sheller became a personal hero of mine

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<v Speaker 2>when he released this video calling for accountability for military

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<v Speaker 8>I have a growing discontent and contempt for my perceived

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<v Speaker 8>ineptitude at the foreign policy level, and I want to

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<v Speaker 8>specifically ask some questions to some of my senior leaders.

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<v Speaker 8>Did any of you throw your rank on the table

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<v Speaker 8>and say, hey, it's a bad idea to evacuate Bogram Airfield,

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<v Speaker 8>the strategic airberriers before we evacuate everyone, did anyone do that?

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<v Speaker 8>And when you didn't think to do that, did anyone

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<v Speaker 8>raise their hand and say we completely mess this up.

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<v Speaker 4>I have been.

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<v Speaker 8>Fighting for seventeen years. I am willing to throw it

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<v Speaker 2>I caught up with Stu Scheller in his new role

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<v Speaker 2>holding those very leaders accountable. Now as a senior official

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<v Speaker 2>in President Trump's Department of War. We're back with Stu

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<v Speaker 2>Sheller's senior advisor at the Department of War on personnel

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<v Speaker 2>and Readiness. He's also got a very special role in

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<v Speaker 2>bringing accountability to some of the really bad decisions that

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<v Speaker 2>were made in the Afghanistan withdrawal in the Afghanistan Wars too.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks so much for joining me. I want to start

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<v Speaker 2>You were almost vilified by this department in the last administration.

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<v Speaker 2>Now you're a senior member of the leadership team here

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<v Speaker 2>at the Department of War. Just that transit before we

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<v Speaker 2>get into any of the substance. What's that transition been

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<v Speaker 9>You know, it's probably terrifying to some of the people,

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<v Speaker 9>knowing what they did to me.

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<v Speaker 10>I mean, you're exactly right.

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<v Speaker 9>Not only was I fired the next day, I was

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<v Speaker 9>sent to a mental health hospital to try to be admitted.

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<v Speaker 9>I was court martialed. I was in prison for nine days.

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<v Speaker 9>I was kicked out with a less than honorable discharge.

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<v Speaker 10>But at the end of the day. I kept my

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<v Speaker 9>When you try to do something that's right, it fills

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<v Speaker 9>you with the sense of courage to keep moving forward.

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<v Speaker 9>And Secretary of War when he was nominated, I had

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<v Speaker 10>And so, by the grace of God God here.

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<v Speaker 2>What have you been proud to be working on here

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<v Speaker 2>on the personal and readiness issues? And how's the department

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<v Speaker 2>changed in that regard?

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<v Speaker 9>Absolutely, I'm like right where I want to be the

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<v Speaker 9>deputy for the Afghan Task Force, which we'll talk about,

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<v Speaker 9>but I'm also a senior advisor in personal and readiness,

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<v Speaker 9>which anyone that knows anything about the Pentagon policy is

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<v Speaker 10>See Wars said that.

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<v Speaker 9>And how we can refocus the war fighting mentality which

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<v Speaker 11>You know.

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<v Speaker 10>Sek War put out a video.

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<v Speaker 9>Of allowing me to look at how we evaluate and

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<v Speaker 9>how we evaluate leadership directly impacts the leaders that we have.

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<v Speaker 9>You wonder why in these big moments we have senior

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<v Speaker 9>leaders that could have maybe made different decisions, and so

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<v Speaker 9>it's just been really exciting. Matt, honestly, right where I

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<v Speaker 9>need to be.

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<v Speaker 2>When your video went out about Afghanistan, there were so

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<v Speaker 2>many Americans who felt like, finally they were hearing the truth.

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<v Speaker 2>We'd been lied to by Republicans and Democrats and the media,

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<v Speaker 2>and you were a clarion voice through all of that

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<v Speaker 2>to the country. Knowing what you know now, looking back

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<v Speaker 2>to that moment and your experience in Afghanistan, what do

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<v Speaker 2>what are you hoping to ensure we don't mistakenly do again.

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<v Speaker 9>I'll start with the second question. I'm trying to make

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<v Speaker 9>sure that this never happens again. You know, a member

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<v Speaker 9>of the House, when we took the House two years ago,

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<v Speaker 9>the House Foreign Affairs Committee went back and looked at this,

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<v Speaker 9>but they kind of singularly came to the conclusion President

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<v Speaker 9>Biden made mistakes. What we're looking at is senior military leaders.

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<v Speaker 9>A lot of people have a hard time criticizing senior

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<v Speaker 9>military leaders because thank you for your service, Lion as

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<v Speaker 9>a general, but the only way you can learn is

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<v Speaker 9>to pour the truth out there, and just like you said,

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<v Speaker 9>when I made those comments, you know, all the headlines

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<v Speaker 9>read Lieutenant Colonel Scheller criticized the President Biden.

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<v Speaker 10>I never once used his name.

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<v Speaker 9>What I said in that video was we have senior

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<v Speaker 9>military leaders that made bad decision evacuated Bogram. I demand accountability,

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<v Speaker 9>and they did vilify me for that. What the Second

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<v Speaker 9>War has charged us with is just to go back

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<v Speaker 9>and look at the facts, lay out the facts. Don't

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<v Speaker 9>get emotional. We had an IPR with him last week.

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<v Speaker 9>He said, don't get emotional again. He looked right at me.

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<v Speaker 9>So I'm trying to, you know, keep it cool. But

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<v Speaker 9>they also have me run on the floor here. And

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<v Speaker 9>when you look at the facts, there are multiple decision points.

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<v Speaker 9>You know, President Biden made the decision to withdrawal. We

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<v Speaker 9>can criticize that all day, but he made that decision

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<v Speaker 9>with the assumption that he had senior military leaders capable

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<v Speaker 9>enough of executing a solid military plan from start to finish.

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<v Speaker 9>And the facts just don't show that that.

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<v Speaker 10>Played out that way.

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<v Speaker 9>And anyone that was watching the final scene, they don't

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<v Speaker 9>have to be a military expert to realize that we

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<v Speaker 9>could have done that better.

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<v Speaker 2>No question, about it in a number of these questions,

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<v Speaker 2>whether it's Afghanistan, the pursuit of the DEI agenda which

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<v Speaker 2>has now been abandoned, or the vaccine mandate. There are

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<v Speaker 2>some people who work for the military who will say, well, sure,

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<v Speaker 2>I participated in that decision making process, but I was

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<v Speaker 2>following orders. I shouldn't be held accountable for pressuring and

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<v Speaker 2>coercing people to take the vaccine. I shouldn't be held

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<v Speaker 2>accountable for telling people that they had to make evaluations

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<v Speaker 2>based on race. As you look at this as a

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<v Speaker 2>senior advisor, where do you draw that line? And what

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<v Speaker 2>would you tell our viewers who are real anxious for

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<v Speaker 2>the accountability of the type you called for in uniform.

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<v Speaker 10>Yeah, that's a really tough question.

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<v Speaker 9>So in the three years between me getting out and

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<v Speaker 9>coming here, I did a lot of speaking tours, and

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<v Speaker 9>this question always comes up. When I was watching the

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<v Speaker 9>Secretary of War give a brief to all the general officers,

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<v Speaker 9>and he talked about who he's fired and who he hasn't,

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<v Speaker 9>and he talked about, you know, were you just following

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<v Speaker 9>orders or do you really believe in the DEI and

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<v Speaker 9>the agenda of the past administration? And what he said,

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<v Speaker 9>was it's an art and not a science. And that

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<v Speaker 9>resonated with me because he's exactly right.

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<v Speaker 10>When you make these.

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<v Speaker 9>Decisions, whether you're just following orders or you stick your

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<v Speaker 9>head out and say this is wrong, that comes at

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<v Speaker 9>a cost.

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<v Speaker 10>And when you do it, it's judgment based and it's an art.

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<v Speaker 9>But I'll tell you what, if you just keep your

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<v Speaker 9>head down and follow orders till the end where you

439
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<v Speaker 9>finally get to that place where you can make change,

440
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<v Speaker 9>you become the very thing that you were trying to change.

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<v Speaker 10>You know, you're a great example of this.

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<v Speaker 9>You know, you could say, when do you stand up

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<v Speaker 9>and make make a hard charge that you put yourself

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<v Speaker 9>out there, you alienate yourself on an island, But you'll

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<v Speaker 9>also make a very important point, and it's maybe the

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<v Speaker 9>start of the change that we're all hoping for.

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<v Speaker 2>You were unfairly criticized for telling the truth to the

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<v Speaker 2>country while you were wearing uniform. Now everyone is very

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<v Speaker 2>concerned about the seditious six. Department of War Press Secretary

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<v Speaker 2>Kingsley Wilson said their conduct was traitorous, seditious. How do

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<v Speaker 2>you evaluate that through the lens of caring for the

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<v Speaker 2>personnel who still need to follow orders and still need

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<v Speaker 2>to be part of a unified team.

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<v Speaker 9>Well, I was put in jail for nine days, so

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<v Speaker 9>we'll see if any of those individuals are put in

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<v Speaker 9>solitary confinement. You know, I did violate the u CMJ,

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<v Speaker 9>I was I violated the social media policy, and I

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<v Speaker 9>was conduct on becoming a gentleman. Those two things are true,

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<v Speaker 9>you know, So maybe.

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<v Speaker 10>I should have been relieved.

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<v Speaker 9>But if I was the commentand of the Marine Corps,

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<v Speaker 9>knowing the magnitude of Afghanistan and how it fell apart

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<v Speaker 9>and me just asking for accountability, I would have slapped

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<v Speaker 9>me on the wrist, fired me, but put my arm

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<v Speaker 9>around me and walked around the force and had a

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<v Speaker 9>town hall where we could have all healed together. That

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<v Speaker 9>would have been leadership. That would have been tough for

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<v Speaker 9>him to do. But he didn't do that. And that's

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<v Speaker 9>just kind of the situation where it's like where do

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<v Speaker 9>you keep your head down and where do you assume risk?

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<v Speaker 9>And my whole indictment of the system is we just

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<v Speaker 9>don't have enough risk takers.

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<v Speaker 2>I may need to ask you this question a few

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<v Speaker 2>years from now, but we are about a year into

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<v Speaker 2>this Trump administration. And I'm curious how durable do you

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<v Speaker 2>think these changes are? I mean, were you are an

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<v Speaker 2>example of how far the change has come. And I'm

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<v Speaker 2>wondering if you think this is something that could easily

479
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<v Speaker 2>snap back, or if you really think you're getting buy

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<v Speaker 2>in in this building around the vision of President Trump

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<v Speaker 2>and Secretary of Hesea.

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<v Speaker 10>It's very hard to just offer intent to people.

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<v Speaker 9>People in leadership can change and if they're all just

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<v Speaker 9>going to follow orders, they'll just listen.

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<v Speaker 10>To the new intent.

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<v Speaker 9>But if you can change the system, get enough buy

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<v Speaker 9>in to change how the promotion systems work, to change

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<v Speaker 9>how the incentive structure works, then I think you can

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<v Speaker 9>have lasting change. So it's a combination. You got to

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<v Speaker 9>get by and you got to get people to believe,

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<v Speaker 9>but then you have to change the system of incentives.

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<v Speaker 9>And we're not there yet. So when you ask me

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<v Speaker 9>in three years, that is when I got hired for

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<v Speaker 9>this job. I'm on Afghan task Force, I'm helping with

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<v Speaker 9>COVID nineteen reinstatement. I'm all over the place. But my

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<v Speaker 9>goal when I got hired was we have to change

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<v Speaker 9>the incentive system. Just pleasing a boss solely, which is

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<v Speaker 9>what we do in the military is not enough. You

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<v Speaker 9>have to be able to demonstrate you can do your

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<v Speaker 9>trade craft, which is war fighting, and right now we

501
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<v Speaker 9>just don't have a good evaluation system for that.

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<v Speaker 3>And what's your plan to fix it?

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<v Speaker 9>Well, I don't want to get ahead of the Secretary

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<v Speaker 9>on this one, so I'm still briefing, but I'm at

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<v Speaker 9>the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs under Secretary SECT war level,

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<v Speaker 9>and so I think Afghanistan Review there's a lot in

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<v Speaker 9>there that can be tied to why we need to

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<v Speaker 9>make some of these changes.

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<v Speaker 10>So more to follow.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, we very much look forward to that and the

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<v Speaker 2>changes to the force. I do want to get to

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<v Speaker 2>a more positive note. The best thing I ever got

513
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<v Speaker 2>to do as a member of Congress was nominate young

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<v Speaker 2>women and men for our service academies.

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<v Speaker 3>And as we've.

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<v Speaker 2>Seen this administration succeed and rebranding this department as one

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<v Speaker 2>for the war fighter, what have you seen on the

518
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<v Speaker 2>recruitment side and what do you think that portends for

519
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<v Speaker 2>the future of the fighting.

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<v Speaker 9>Force recruitments through the roof. You know, leadership is everything.

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<v Speaker 9>So when you have strong leadership in POTUS and SEC war,

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<v Speaker 9>you can just see how it's gone through the roof.

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<v Speaker 9>Now the middle management is still, you know, a holdover

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<v Speaker 9>to trying to influence long term change with them. I

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<v Speaker 9>think we have a lot of shortfalls in some of

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<v Speaker 9>those areas.

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<v Speaker 10>And it just takes time. So I think given this administration,

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<v Speaker 10>I think we can make.

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<v Speaker 3>A lot of good.

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<v Speaker 10>I'm just happy to be a part of it.

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<v Speaker 2>You mentioned earlier the system of promotion and the decisions

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<v Speaker 2>on promotions. I found it really bizarre when Secretary of

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<v Speaker 2>Austin would demand that people's photos be taken off of

534
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<v Speaker 2>promotion packets. He was alleging some sort of racial bias.

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<v Speaker 2>When that had when photos were taken off, it actually

536
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<v Speaker 2>turned out that we had a less diverse officer class,

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<v Speaker 2>not a more diverse officer class.

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<v Speaker 3>By ray, right now, when.

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<v Speaker 2>People are being reviewed for promotion, is there a photo

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<v Speaker 2>attached and are you guys thinking about that question in

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<v Speaker 2>the same way Secretary Austin did.

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<v Speaker 9>I believe the pictures are still missing, but we actually

543
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<v Speaker 9>were having this conversation right now.

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<v Speaker 2>I certainly don't believe that at the Department of War

545
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<v Speaker 2>we have a systemically racist institution that would block someone

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<v Speaker 2>of merit based on how they looked on a picture do.

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<v Speaker 9>We That's crazy, honestly, Like imagine in politics if you're

548
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<v Speaker 9>running and you just can't ever show your face. It's

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<v Speaker 9>just positions, Like the person is part of the picture

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<v Speaker 9>for a leader, So I think a picture is very important.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, Stu Scheller one of my personal heroes. So

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<v Speaker 2>glad to see you here doing great work for the country.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks for your service, appreciate you.

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<v Speaker 2>Our coverage of the Pentagon will continue. I'll bring you

555
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<v Speaker 2>a discussion I had with Tim PALLATOORI. He's an interesting

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<v Speaker 2>guy who went from President Trump's legal team to one

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<v Speaker 2>of the senior legal advisors at the Department of War.

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<v Speaker 2>And right now there are a lot of major legal

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<v Speaker 2>questions the department is dealing with, from the Seditious six

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<v Speaker 2>to the strikes in Venezuela.

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<v Speaker 3>We'll cover all of it. Don't go anywhere.

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<v Speaker 12>Jack Smith has taken a pretty careless approach, you know,

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<v Speaker 12>from my dealings with that office, you know, for over

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<v Speaker 12>a year. But before he came in and after, they're

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<v Speaker 12>really trying to pursue charges here as opposed to actually

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<v Speaker 12>pursuing justice, which is what the ethical obligations of prosecutors

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<v Speaker 12>really are. In this case, they brought an indictment before

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<v Speaker 12>they even finished their investigation, and he went perusing through

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<v Speaker 12>the law books to try and find something that he

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<v Speaker 12>could try to shoehorn this into. I was really stunned

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<v Speaker 12>by what I saw in the grand jury room, by

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<v Speaker 12>the conduct of the prosecutors. They made many attempts to

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<v Speaker 12>try to get at privileged communications. They would ask me

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<v Speaker 12>about conversations with Mike Client. They would make improper references

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<v Speaker 12>to the jury, trying to mislead them about that. At

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<v Speaker 12>one point it got to the level where you know,

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<v Speaker 12>they're asking me this again, and then they turned to

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<v Speaker 12>the grand jury. So you're refusing to provide this information. No,

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<v Speaker 12>I'm not refusing to provide the ethical rules prohibit me.

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<v Speaker 2>That was Tim Parlatoria, one of President Trump's attorneys. While

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<v Speaker 2>Trump was victimized by a horrible lawfair Poleatoria is now

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<v Speaker 2>a senior official at the Department of War, advising on

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<v Speaker 2>legal issues. The Department is dealing with a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>legal issues right now. Trump is using anti terrorism legal

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<v Speaker 2>authorities in the Caribbean, and the administration is having to

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<v Speaker 2>grapple with the legal consequences of the Seditious Six, a

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<v Speaker 2>group of lawmakers who actively.

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<v Speaker 3>Called for the disobeyance of the chain of command.

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<v Speaker 2>Arizona Senator Mark Kelly is among the Seditious Six. Here's

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<v Speaker 2>how Kingsley Wilson, the Press Secretary of the Department of War,

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<v Speaker 2>talked about him.

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<v Speaker 13>This despicable video that Mark Kelly parked anticipated in with

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<v Speaker 13>the Siditious Six was a politically motivated influence operation that

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<v Speaker 13>was an attempt to undermine the chain of command to

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<v Speaker 13>so distrust and division in our armed forces. That is

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<v Speaker 13>absolutely ridiculous and it puts our warfighters at risk. And

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<v Speaker 13>again he doubled down on the Sunday shows. I don't

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<v Speaker 13>know if you all saw him on the Sunday shows,

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<v Speaker 13>but he basically insinuated that service members who do not

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<v Speaker 13>defy President Trump's orders could face potential prosecution in the

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<v Speaker 13>future when Democrats are back in power. He even called

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<v Speaker 13>our troops and likened them to those of the Russian military.

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<v Speaker 13>This is totally disgraceful from an elected official.

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<v Speaker 2>Calling us sitting US senator disgraceful, seditious, traitorous is quite

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<v Speaker 2>a moment. In this discussion, mister Pallatori discusses some of

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<v Speaker 2>the complex legal intricacies that would append to any effort

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<v Speaker 2>to hold Senator Kelly accountable under military justice. This is

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<v Speaker 2>a very weighty, revealing legal analysis.

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<v Speaker 3>Pike listen.

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<v Speaker 2>Another major legal matter facing the Department is this seditious

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<v Speaker 2>sixth video A lot of discussion with Press Secretary Kingsley

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<v Speaker 2>Wilson yesterday, she called Senator Kelly's conduct traitoress seditious. We

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<v Speaker 2>understand that there's a legal review underway right now at

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<v Speaker 2>the Department of the Navy.

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<v Speaker 3>One lawyer to another, what.

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<v Speaker 2>Are some of the legal factors or legal tests that

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<v Speaker 2>you would want reviewed in any type of allegation like this?

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<v Speaker 12>Sure, and I'm not part of that review, but you

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<v Speaker 12>know my personal opinion, I look at it. You have

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<v Speaker 12>to go beyond just the video itself. Okay, the video

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<v Speaker 12>itself has two major problems with it. One is it

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<v Speaker 12>misstates the law. Yeah, they keep saying, Oh, we're just

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<v Speaker 12>saying what the UCMJ says. Under the UCMJ, orders are

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<v Speaker 12>presumed to be lawful, and you only have an obligation

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<v Speaker 12>to disobey manifestly unlawful orders. Manifestly meaning it's obvious to

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<v Speaker 12>anybody that this is an unlawful Well.

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<v Speaker 2>They were obviously calling for every service member to impose

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<v Speaker 2>their own moral judgment on every political question exactly.

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<v Speaker 12>And so I'll give you an example, because you start

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<v Speaker 12>with that video, and then because they haven't defined the

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<v Speaker 12>unlawful order, you look at their other rhetoric and where

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<v Speaker 12>they talk about we think that the National Guard deployments

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<v Speaker 12>are unlawful. We think the Venezuela strikes are unlawful. Okay,

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<v Speaker 12>So let's take the National Guard. If a soldier gets

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<v Speaker 12>orders to deploy to Chicago with the National Guard, some

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<v Speaker 12>politicians say it's unlawful, some don't.

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<v Speaker 14>There's a debate over it.

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<v Speaker 12>It is presumed under the UCMJ to be a lawful order,

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<v Speaker 12>they have to follow it.

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<v Speaker 14>If a soldier to refuse to go to Chicago, they're

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<v Speaker 14>getting court martials.

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<v Speaker 12>They're going to jail once they get to Chicago. If

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<v Speaker 12>they're out there on patrol, then the platune commander says, hey,

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<v Speaker 12>shoot that protester in the head.

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<v Speaker 14>Okay, time out.

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<v Speaker 12>That one is a manifestly unlawful order.

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<v Speaker 14>That one.

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<v Speaker 12>Everybody on every side of the issue agrees. Everybody knows

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<v Speaker 12>that's unlawful. That's the manifestly unlawful.

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<v Speaker 14>Order that you are required to disobey.

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<v Speaker 12>And so that's the problem is that they lowered the video,

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<v Speaker 12>lowers the standard of what type of order you're supposed

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<v Speaker 12>to disobey, leaves it open to interpretation, and then gets

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<v Speaker 12>filled in through other rhetoric.

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<v Speaker 14>So I think that the review is going to.

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<v Speaker 12>Kind of look at the totality of the circumstances there,

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<v Speaker 12>but then it's also going to look at the different

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<v Speaker 12>options available and the feasibility of those options, because recalling

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<v Speaker 12>a sitting senator to active duty it has major implications

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<v Speaker 12>separation of powers implications. Under the Constitution, you're not allowed

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<v Speaker 12>to hold office in two branches at the same time.

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<v Speaker 12>So if you are both an active duty military officer

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<v Speaker 12>and in sitting US senator, you're required to resign one

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<v Speaker 12>of those positions. And in this case, the military would

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<v Speaker 12>take precedence, so he'd be forced to resign from Congress

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<v Speaker 12>or from the Senate. So I think that that causes

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<v Speaker 12>a major separation of powers issue. And I'm sure that

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<v Speaker 12>the people in the Navy that are looking at this,

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<v Speaker 12>General BLI, the judge effacate General of the Navy, is

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<v Speaker 12>a very very intelligent guy.

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<v Speaker 14>Guy.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but it almost reads like an immunity tim because

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<v Speaker 2>because if the same conduct were to occurred for someone

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<v Speaker 2>who didn't have that protection but was subject to recall

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<v Speaker 2>and military justice, it might be a different analysis.

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<v Speaker 12>And I think that's one of the concerns, is that

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<v Speaker 12>if you tried it this way, and if he were

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<v Speaker 12>to litigate it in the district court, you would end

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<v Speaker 12>up potentially with an order saying that members of Congress Ermia.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well, and I think you understand this well. You

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<v Speaker 2>and I got to know each other because when just

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<v Speaker 2>about every lawyer in America was running away from President Trump,

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<v Speaker 2>you were brave enough to defend him. You were part

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<v Speaker 2>of President Trump's legal team, and at that time there's

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<v Speaker 2>this view on the left that charges against President Trump

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<v Speaker 2>would derail his politics, and it had like just the

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<v Speaker 2>opposite effect. You had the front row seat to it

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<v Speaker 2>as one of those lawyers. Do you worry that if

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<v Speaker 2>Senator Kelly were court martialed recalled without the type of

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<v Speaker 2>thoughtful analysis you've laid out, that it could have the

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<v Speaker 2>boomerang effect of lionizing someone whose core conduct was was

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<v Speaker 2>certainly bad but may not be subject to a criminal

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<v Speaker 2>or military justice review.

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<v Speaker 12>That is a political consideration that I'm sure that the

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<v Speaker 12>Secretary will consider. You know, Being in my capacity as

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<v Speaker 12>a uniformed service member here, I would say that that

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<v Speaker 12>is not something the General Bligh and the Navy will

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<v Speaker 12>take into consideration.

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<v Speaker 14>They're going to look at.

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<v Speaker 12>The individual facts and look, it's quite likely that they're

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<v Speaker 12>going to come out of this and they're going to

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<v Speaker 12>say there's administrative avenues to go here instead of a

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<v Speaker 12>court mark. So there's a range of options they have.

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<v Speaker 12>They could do a retirement grade determination on Navy. They

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<v Speaker 12>could say, look, in this video, you said I was

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<v Speaker 12>a captain in the United States Navy.

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<v Speaker 14>Well, okay, you.

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<v Speaker 12>Did not serve as a captain honorably because of this,

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<v Speaker 12>and so therefore we're going to reduce you one rank

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<v Speaker 12>and now you're a retired commander.

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<v Speaker 14>You know that's a possibility.

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<v Speaker 12>There's any number of different things, but ultimately they're going

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<v Speaker 12>to make a determination based on the facts and the law.

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<v Speaker 12>And politics will come into it when the Secretary looks

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<v Speaker 12>at it and the President looks at it, But when

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<v Speaker 12>the Navy does their analysis, the politics is not going

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<v Speaker 12>to be part of this. It is not a political retribution.

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<v Speaker 12>It's a facts and the law analysis.

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<v Speaker 15>Strategicy strategy, It's pretty important.

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<v Speaker 2>We talked to Eric Garrisi at the Pentagon this week.

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<v Speaker 2>He's one of Secretary Hegseth's top advisors on strategy. We

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<v Speaker 2>pressed him on some of the hotspots throughout the World's

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<v Speaker 2>to take a listen, it's been a year about the

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<v Speaker 2>Trump administration's been here at the Department.

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<v Speaker 3>How would you assess it's going.

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<v Speaker 1>It's definitely fast paced.

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<v Speaker 16>We've done a lot of things, you know, refocusing the

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<v Speaker 16>military on war fighting. At some point, we had gotten

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<v Speaker 16>I think a little off track, a lot of too

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<v Speaker 16>many non war fighting task put on the military dose.

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<v Speaker 16>They only have so much time to be prepared to

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<v Speaker 16>fight our next wars. And with Secretary of hext and

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<v Speaker 16>under President Trump, you know, we were allowed to, you know,

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<v Speaker 16>push the military back to his course function of fighting

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<v Speaker 16>and winning our nation's wars.

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<v Speaker 2>You did inherit a world that was ablaze with conflict

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<v Speaker 2>in different places. I want to ask you about some

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<v Speaker 2>of the strategic decisions the Department has to make. Let's

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<v Speaker 2>start in Latin America. What do you think is the

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<v Speaker 2>prognosis for the Maduro regime. What choices do you think

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<v Speaker 2>they're facing now in light of this major military built

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<v Speaker 2>up in the Caribbean.

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<v Speaker 16>So I think under President Trump and Secretary Headseth, you know,

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<v Speaker 16>we're streending. What the Department of War does is we

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<v Speaker 16>create options for the president.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, you have the largest amount. I worked at

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<v Speaker 1>the United.

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<v Speaker 16>States Southern Command for about fifteen years, and this is

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<v Speaker 16>the most grayholes that we've had. US Navy ships in

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<v Speaker 16>the southcom Aoar are responsibility Western Hemisphere than the entire

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<v Speaker 16>time I worked at. HAD is sending a clear message

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<v Speaker 16>to our adversaries and those that are trying to bring drugs.

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<v Speaker 16>It's not just shrugs. It's human trafficking. It's human smuggling.

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<v Speaker 16>You have firearms trafficking. It's send us strong messages. This

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<v Speaker 16>isn't going to be tolerated.

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<v Speaker 2>Not everyone's receiving that message. Despite the United States putting

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of money into Planned Columbia, Gustavo Petro has

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<v Speaker 2>would consider Mexico an ally. Typically Claudia Shinbaum, the president,

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<v Speaker 2>they are saying she does not stand with the United

853
00:42:59.360 --> 00:43:02.639
<v Speaker 2>States against Venezuela. Why do you think these traditional allies

854
00:43:02.639 --> 00:43:03.800
<v Speaker 2>aren't getting the message?

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<v Speaker 16>Thank you for that question, great question. I think it's

856
00:43:09.239 --> 00:43:11.480
<v Speaker 16>just going to take time. I don't think a lot

857
00:43:11.480 --> 00:43:14.079
<v Speaker 16>of this stuff has been There's been so many years

858
00:43:14.440 --> 00:43:18.239
<v Speaker 16>where we've just accepted and that this stuff's going to

859
00:43:18.280 --> 00:43:20.639
<v Speaker 16>come into our country, that this stuff is going to

860
00:43:20.719 --> 00:43:23.880
<v Speaker 16>go from South America and the Central America with the

861
00:43:23.960 --> 00:43:27.480
<v Speaker 16>arrival into the US. It's not just a Latin America issue.

862
00:43:27.559 --> 00:43:31.480
<v Speaker 16>It's also a US issue. You know, we've accepted that

863
00:43:32.320 --> 00:43:35.000
<v Speaker 16>a certain amount of drugs can get into the country.

864
00:43:35.599 --> 00:43:37.719
<v Speaker 16>We have to deal with what are we doing with

865
00:43:37.719 --> 00:43:40.760
<v Speaker 16>the drug deals here in the US. It's stuff you

866
00:43:40.800 --> 00:43:41.840
<v Speaker 16>know we've allowed to.

867
00:43:42.239 --> 00:43:44.039
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but at the Department of War you don't do

868
00:43:44.440 --> 00:43:46.920
<v Speaker 2>and on narcotics within the US, You're you're doing it

869
00:43:47.000 --> 00:43:51.039
<v Speaker 2>right now with this very important mission in Latin America. Uh,

870
00:43:51.199 --> 00:43:52.880
<v Speaker 2>you know, you say it's going to take some time

871
00:43:53.000 --> 00:43:55.159
<v Speaker 2>for our allies to get the message. We have a

872
00:43:55.239 --> 00:43:58.519
<v Speaker 2>number of train and equip missions that we do with Mexico.

873
00:43:59.239 --> 00:44:03.239
<v Speaker 2>Now that mech is siding with Maduro in this conflict

874
00:44:03.239 --> 00:44:06.440
<v Speaker 2>with Venezuela, should the United States continue training equip missions

875
00:44:06.440 --> 00:44:07.480
<v Speaker 2>with the Mexican military.

876
00:44:08.079 --> 00:44:12.320
<v Speaker 16>Should we anything we could do to help improve the

877
00:44:12.800 --> 00:44:17.239
<v Speaker 16>capacity for our partner nations is less things US forces

878
00:44:17.320 --> 00:44:17.920
<v Speaker 16>need to be doing.

879
00:44:18.119 --> 00:44:19.920
<v Speaker 2>I agree, But are they really a partner if they're

880
00:44:19.960 --> 00:44:21.800
<v Speaker 2>saying Maduro's right and Trump's wrong?

881
00:44:23.519 --> 00:44:25.360
<v Speaker 1>Me personally, I think they're a partner.

882
00:44:25.559 --> 00:44:29.440
<v Speaker 2>Yes, Mexico, even in light of the Mexican president's statements today.

883
00:44:30.039 --> 00:44:32.760
<v Speaker 16>I've spent a lot of time working with Mexican security

884
00:44:32.760 --> 00:44:35.000
<v Speaker 16>forces and I can only speak for the mill to

885
00:44:35.039 --> 00:44:37.199
<v Speaker 16>mill They are a solid partner.

886
00:44:37.559 --> 00:44:41.159
<v Speaker 2>Okay, Well, hopefully the political dynamic there catches up to it.

887
00:44:41.320 --> 00:44:43.920
<v Speaker 2>Do you feel the same way about Colombia where the

888
00:44:44.840 --> 00:44:48.880
<v Speaker 2>president has been very antagonistic toward the United States?

889
00:44:50.159 --> 00:44:53.760
<v Speaker 16>Once again, I'll speak for the mill to mill. Colombia

890
00:44:53.800 --> 00:44:55.639
<v Speaker 16>has been a great partner. I've worked with them for

891
00:44:55.679 --> 00:45:00.440
<v Speaker 16>many years, the mill to mill exchange, the interrupt ability

892
00:45:00.480 --> 00:45:01.400
<v Speaker 16>with US forces.

893
00:45:02.400 --> 00:45:05.000
<v Speaker 1>They're a very good and capable partner.

894
00:45:05.679 --> 00:45:07.199
<v Speaker 2>So what do you think it does to those mill

895
00:45:07.239 --> 00:45:11.239
<v Speaker 2>to mill relationships when the presidents of these countries speak

896
00:45:11.280 --> 00:45:14.599
<v Speaker 2>out against the United States mission that's currently underway in

897
00:45:14.639 --> 00:45:15.119
<v Speaker 2>the Caribbean.

898
00:45:15.800 --> 00:45:19.000
<v Speaker 16>It definitely, I want to say strain it, but it

899
00:45:19.079 --> 00:45:22.480
<v Speaker 16>definitely it's it makes it just a little more tough

900
00:45:22.519 --> 00:45:25.199
<v Speaker 16>to do what we need to do working with our partners.

901
00:45:25.480 --> 00:45:28.639
<v Speaker 2>Let's travel to another area of the world. What right

902
00:45:28.679 --> 00:45:32.559
<v Speaker 2>now from a strategic planning standpoint, is the department preparing

903
00:45:32.639 --> 00:45:37.280
<v Speaker 2>for for the department's role in Gaza in the coming months.

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00:45:39.519 --> 00:45:41.800
<v Speaker 16>Once again, like what we do in Department of War

905
00:45:42.119 --> 00:45:48.440
<v Speaker 16>is give the President options. I can't too much about

906
00:45:48.880 --> 00:45:52.159
<v Speaker 16>Gaza really not my part of the stuff that I

907
00:45:52.199 --> 00:45:52.559
<v Speaker 16>work on.

908
00:45:52.760 --> 00:45:55.599
<v Speaker 2>So, okay, that's not in the Gaza's not in the

909
00:45:55.639 --> 00:45:57.119
<v Speaker 2>strategy portfolio at this time.

910
00:45:57.119 --> 00:45:59.599
<v Speaker 16>It's just not something that I'm there's other I'm not

911
00:45:59.639 --> 00:46:02.920
<v Speaker 16>the only advisor in there. That's just not something I'm

912
00:46:04.199 --> 00:46:06.000
<v Speaker 16>not going to give you like a screwed up answer.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, no problem.

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<v Speaker 2>The warrior culture is something Secretary head Seth has really

915
00:46:10.519 --> 00:46:12.960
<v Speaker 2>been focused on during his time here. How would you

916
00:46:13.039 --> 00:46:16.239
<v Speaker 2>assess the adoption of that ethos among the fighting force.

917
00:46:17.880 --> 00:46:20.079
<v Speaker 16>One of the great parts of my job is I

918
00:46:20.119 --> 00:46:22.719
<v Speaker 16>get to go out and spend time with a lot

919
00:46:22.719 --> 00:46:26.280
<v Speaker 16>of the units, got to visit all different units from

920
00:46:26.280 --> 00:46:28.679
<v Speaker 16>all the different branches of service. I could tell you

921
00:46:28.719 --> 00:46:34.119
<v Speaker 16>that the troops absolutely love the focus on the military

922
00:46:34.760 --> 00:46:38.360
<v Speaker 16>and it's what they're joined to do. People don't want

923
00:46:38.360 --> 00:46:40.199
<v Speaker 16>to be part of a losing team. They want to

924
00:46:40.239 --> 00:46:43.599
<v Speaker 16>be part of a winning team, and us giving them

925
00:46:43.639 --> 00:46:47.440
<v Speaker 16>all the assets, giving them all the resources, giving them

926
00:46:47.440 --> 00:46:49.199
<v Speaker 16>the focus on. Hey, this is what we want you

927
00:46:49.280 --> 00:46:52.519
<v Speaker 16>to be focused on is war fighting tasks.

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00:46:53.000 --> 00:46:53.840
<v Speaker 1>They're all about it.

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00:46:54.159 --> 00:46:57.400
<v Speaker 2>The final question for you, with that motivation to be

930
00:46:57.480 --> 00:46:59.960
<v Speaker 2>on the winning team, what are you seeing and recruit

931
00:47:00.320 --> 00:47:02.159
<v Speaker 2>and how does some of the decisions you make at

932
00:47:02.159 --> 00:47:04.960
<v Speaker 2>the strategic level impact the message that you're sending to

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<v Speaker 2>America's young people that military service is a great way

934
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<v Speaker 2>to spend a life.

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<v Speaker 16>Well, I could tell you first and like recruiting is

936
00:47:12.719 --> 00:47:15.199
<v Speaker 16>the numbers are through the roof since President Trump got

937
00:47:15.199 --> 00:47:18.400
<v Speaker 16>elected Secretary highsett that is capitalizing on that.

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00:47:19.039 --> 00:47:20.119
<v Speaker 1>You know, I enlisted.

939
00:47:20.320 --> 00:47:22.760
<v Speaker 16>I was from New York at seventeen years old with

940
00:47:22.800 --> 00:47:26.599
<v Speaker 16>a ged you know, off the street, and I was

941
00:47:26.639 --> 00:47:29.400
<v Speaker 16>able to make a full career at them for myself.

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<v Speaker 16>You can see where I'm where I'm sitting now, so

943
00:47:32.760 --> 00:47:35.719
<v Speaker 16>I'm only in America. I was able to you know,

944
00:47:35.760 --> 00:47:36.960
<v Speaker 16>I came out of the military.

945
00:47:36.719 --> 00:47:39.800
<v Speaker 1>Win masses agree. So it's it is that you can

946
00:47:39.880 --> 00:47:42.920
<v Speaker 1>have a great life serving your country.

947
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<v Speaker 16>You know it's they're they're called the you know, the

948
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<v Speaker 16>great there always are country's next greatest generation, as though

949
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<v Speaker 3>Welcome back.

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00:50:20.079 --> 00:50:23.280
<v Speaker 2>We care deeply about military families on this program. They

990
00:50:23.320 --> 00:50:25.840
<v Speaker 2>inspire the best within us because they are the best

991
00:50:25.840 --> 00:50:29.199
<v Speaker 2>among us. I spoke recently with Anthony Tata, who oversees

992
00:50:29.239 --> 00:50:31.920
<v Speaker 2>all of the policies that impact health and well being

993
00:50:31.960 --> 00:50:33.159
<v Speaker 2>for our military families.

994
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<v Speaker 3>Take a listen to that full discussion.

995
00:50:35.519 --> 00:50:37.800
<v Speaker 2>Really appreciate you being here with one American News. We've

996
00:50:37.840 --> 00:50:41.679
<v Speaker 2>got so much interest in the personnel the fighting force.

997
00:50:41.840 --> 00:50:44.199
<v Speaker 2>How do you think that's changed under Secretary hegxt.

998
00:50:44.039 --> 00:50:45.360
<v Speaker 14>Well, it's all changed.

999
00:50:45.400 --> 00:50:48.599
<v Speaker 11>He's focused on the warrior ethos, rebuilding the military, re

1000
00:50:48.800 --> 00:50:54.159
<v Speaker 11>established into terms consistent with President Trump's focus on the

1001
00:50:54.360 --> 00:50:57.760
<v Speaker 11>entire piece through strength portfolio. You take a look at

1002
00:50:57.800 --> 00:51:03.119
<v Speaker 11>the presidential priorities of Golden Dough, the Southwest Border, all

1003
00:51:03.119 --> 00:51:06.360
<v Speaker 11>the other things that we're doing, like shipbuilding. My job

1004
00:51:06.519 --> 00:51:10.199
<v Speaker 11>is to reorient the personnel priorities to support the presidential

1005
00:51:10.239 --> 00:51:13.599
<v Speaker 11>priorities and the Secretary's priorities, and we're.

1006
00:51:13.400 --> 00:51:17.360
<v Speaker 1>Doing that through We have nine hundred and fifty.

1007
00:51:17.079 --> 00:51:19.800
<v Speaker 11>Hospitals and clinics that I'm in charge of with nine

1008
00:51:19.840 --> 00:51:23.199
<v Speaker 11>and a half million beneficiaries. We have the whole readiness

1009
00:51:23.280 --> 00:51:30.679
<v Speaker 11>of the entire fleet aircraft, ships, all platforms, tanks, personnel readiness,

1010
00:51:30.840 --> 00:51:34.360
<v Speaker 11>the entire three million strong force that we've got. It's

1011
00:51:34.360 --> 00:51:38.519
<v Speaker 11>a big portfolio. I have over one thousand child development

1012
00:51:38.599 --> 00:51:42.880
<v Speaker 11>centers K through twelve schools, youth activity centers with three

1013
00:51:43.000 --> 00:51:47.519
<v Speaker 11>hundred thousand military connected children. So it's a massive enterprise,

1014
00:51:47.599 --> 00:51:52.360
<v Speaker 11>all the service academies, all the military colleges, the senior

1015
00:51:52.400 --> 00:51:57.519
<v Speaker 11>service colleges, education, training, readiness. That all comes up under

1016
00:51:57.719 --> 00:51:59.559
<v Speaker 11>a very lean team, Matt that we've got.

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00:52:00.000 --> 00:52:02.599
<v Speaker 2>We've hit almost all of the hot button issues that

1018
00:52:02.760 --> 00:52:05.480
<v Speaker 2>drove our Military Personnel and Readiness Committee when I was

1019
00:52:05.519 --> 00:52:07.880
<v Speaker 2>in Congress, we were so frustrated when we saw a.

1020
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<v Speaker 3>Critical race theory, promotion of socialism.

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<v Speaker 14>All that's gone.

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<v Speaker 11>We've had task forces that have leached all that out

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00:52:15.920 --> 00:52:18.920
<v Speaker 11>of our curriculum and all the K through twelve schools,

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00:52:19.199 --> 00:52:22.599
<v Speaker 11>through all the service academies, through all the senior service colleges,

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00:52:23.159 --> 00:52:26.360
<v Speaker 11>and we're focused on those things that unify us, not

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00:52:26.440 --> 00:52:29.920
<v Speaker 11>divide us. We're focused on lethality and war fighting and

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00:52:30.039 --> 00:52:33.840
<v Speaker 11>working together as a team instead of someone's individual identity

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<v Speaker 11>and separating and showing how distinct and different people are.

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<v Speaker 11>We're focused on America. We're focused on defending this nation.

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<v Speaker 2>Recruiting has been a big hobgoblin for the Department for

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00:52:44.360 --> 00:52:46.679
<v Speaker 2>quite some time. A lot of it comes from the

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00:52:46.679 --> 00:52:49.800
<v Speaker 2>fact that high schoolers are not as physically fit to

1033
00:52:49.880 --> 00:52:51.800
<v Speaker 2>be able to meet military standards.

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<v Speaker 3>What are you seeing in recruiting in this.

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<v Speaker 2>First year of the Trump administration in charge of the department,

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<v Speaker 2>and what do you think is the challenge I had.

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<v Speaker 11>I know you were on the House Armed Services Committee, Matt,

1038
00:52:59.880 --> 00:53:03.000
<v Speaker 11>and so you know that recruiting wasn't so great on

1039
00:53:03.119 --> 00:53:07.559
<v Speaker 11>the previous administration. But since November of last year to now,

1040
00:53:07.639 --> 00:53:11.639
<v Speaker 11>we've exceeded the numbers in every category in active duty,

1041
00:53:11.679 --> 00:53:16.480
<v Speaker 11>we're just crushing the numbers Navy, Air Force, Army, Space Force,

1042
00:53:16.599 --> 00:53:21.760
<v Speaker 11>Marine Corps in every category. So the focus, it was

1043
00:53:21.760 --> 00:53:25.199
<v Speaker 11>a great segue, the focus on those things that unify

1044
00:53:25.280 --> 00:53:28.239
<v Speaker 11>us as opposed to those things that divide us. People

1045
00:53:28.280 --> 00:53:29.519
<v Speaker 11>are come in and say, I want to be a

1046
00:53:29.559 --> 00:53:31.239
<v Speaker 11>member of this team. I want to be part of

1047
00:53:31.280 --> 00:53:34.400
<v Speaker 11>this leadership. I want to work for President Trump. I

1048
00:53:34.480 --> 00:53:37.280
<v Speaker 11>want to work for Secretary heads because they have the

1049
00:53:37.400 --> 00:53:40.920
<v Speaker 11>focus on war fighting. Parents are now have the confidence

1050
00:53:41.039 --> 00:53:44.519
<v Speaker 11>that my young seventeen, eighteen, nineteen year old is going

1051
00:53:44.559 --> 00:53:47.039
<v Speaker 11>to be signing up for a team instead of something

1052
00:53:47.079 --> 00:53:49.679
<v Speaker 11>that's going to teach you something that you might want

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<v Speaker 11>not want them to know.

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<v Speaker 2>You mentioned the President's priorities and the health, infrastructure, serving

1055
00:53:54.960 --> 00:53:57.800
<v Speaker 2>our fighting Force. I want to talk to you about IVF,

1056
00:53:58.159 --> 00:54:01.159
<v Speaker 2>the House incentive. Both past of version of the National

1057
00:54:01.159 --> 00:54:05.480
<v Speaker 2>Defense Authorization Act that includes a provision to allow service

1058
00:54:05.519 --> 00:54:10.360
<v Speaker 2>members to access IVF for family formation. President Trump supports IVF.

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00:54:10.440 --> 00:54:11.599
<v Speaker 2>Do you think that should be in the bill that

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00:54:11.639 --> 00:54:12.199
<v Speaker 2>goes to his death?

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00:54:12.239 --> 00:54:12.440
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 11>I think that's a great thing, you know, building families,

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00:54:14.599 --> 00:54:18.360
<v Speaker 11>having great families of military families. You know, I know

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<v Speaker 11>that many military families want to grow their families, and

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<v Speaker 11>encouraging them to do that. I think that's a fantastic thing.

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<v Speaker 2>We were also deeply concerned when so many people in

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<v Speaker 2>the military had to leave as a result of the

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<v Speaker 2>vaccine mandate. While our discussion with the Secretary this morning

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<v Speaker 2>was off the record, I left with the sense that

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<v Speaker 2>he wanted to see more done on boarding people and

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<v Speaker 2>clearing those backlogs.

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<v Speaker 3>What update can you give.

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<v Speaker 11>Us on Yeah, so not a day goes by that

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<v Speaker 11>I don't work on this issue, the COVID reintegration as

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<v Speaker 11>we call it. And so there's three works trains. At

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<v Speaker 11>noon today, I had a call for thirty minutes with

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<v Speaker 11>a member of that community that I've made a special

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<v Speaker 11>government employee, Casey Dixon's. She was an Air Force jag

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<v Speaker 11>major who got out because of the shots. She was

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<v Speaker 11>not she elected to leave the service. She's now on

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<v Speaker 11>my team and she's connected with that community. We have

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<v Speaker 11>three workstreams. We have the reintegration piece where we've got

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<v Speaker 11>white glove service. We've got sharpas carrying people through from

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<v Speaker 11>start to finish for each of the military departments.

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<v Speaker 1>We're also taking a look.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you have a specific goal for how many of

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<v Speaker 2>these folks to re onboard or how to clear the back.

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<v Speaker 11>One thing that we're fine is, you know, not everybody

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<v Speaker 11>wants to come in.

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<v Speaker 1>They moved on with.

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<v Speaker 11>Their life, they got jobs, they moved and we have

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<v Speaker 11>contacted all eighty seven hundred involuntaries separated folks twice and

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<v Speaker 11>encouraged them. And I think you know, we've done two

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<v Speaker 11>reinstatements now a.

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<v Speaker 1>Very high level, high profile.

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<v Speaker 11>We did Kevin Bourne, the senior adjunt general from the Army, Colonel.

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<v Speaker 11>The Secretary reinstated him and he's now the Army lead

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<v Speaker 11>for COVID reinstatement. And then we did Mark Bashaw who

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<v Speaker 11>was court martialed by Vinman who was the prosecutor, and

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<v Speaker 11>pardoned by President Trump. I personally reinstated him and he's

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<v Speaker 11>on the Army team now and that's given confidence to

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<v Speaker 11>people that we're serious about this. On the reintegration piece,

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<v Speaker 11>we're also looking at the people that don't want to

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<v Speaker 11>come back in. They might have gotten a bad you know,

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<v Speaker 11>other than honorable discharge or general discharge on their own.

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<v Speaker 2>So you're going to perfect those departures were proactive.

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<v Speaker 11>We're looking at proactively just taking a look at all

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<v Speaker 11>eighty seven hundred records and if they did the jagpile

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<v Speaker 11>on with about five different charges all related to COVID.

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<v Speaker 10>We'll upgrade that.

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<v Speaker 11>And that's what we want to do. And because then

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<v Speaker 11>they can get their GI bill. They can't get their

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<v Speaker 11>GI bill now, they can't get educated, they can't use

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<v Speaker 11>the benefit they earn. And some of them had their

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<v Speaker 11>bonus recouped. So if they enlisted for three years, they

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<v Speaker 11>were in for two. You know, the previously admitted SATs

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<v Speaker 11>stole that money back from.

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<v Speaker 2>That's horrendous to hear. I'm so glad you're working on it.

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<v Speaker 2>Final issue I want to discuss with you. This issue

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<v Speaker 2>roared like a lion, like I would have never believed

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<v Speaker 2>in my final year in Congress. It's the issue of

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<v Speaker 2>the child development centers for our military families. Almost everyone

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<v Speaker 2>I know who represented a military district was fighting for

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<v Speaker 2>a child development center at their base. This has become

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<v Speaker 2>an expectation from the fighting force. Do you feel like

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<v Speaker 2>we're behind and what's your agenda on the child development center?

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<v Speaker 11>Our families are growing and our child development center need grows,

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<v Speaker 11>you know, and so we're trying to keep pace with

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<v Speaker 11>the growth of the families within our militaries. And we're

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<v Speaker 11>happy that the families are growing. So we've got hundreds

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<v Speaker 11>of child development centers and thousands of employees and that's

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<v Speaker 11>part of this K through twelve portfolio of one hundred

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<v Speaker 11>and sixty schools and then you know several hundred child

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<v Speaker 11>development centers and several hundred youth activity centers and it's

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<v Speaker 11>about a thousand when you wrap it all together. So

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<v Speaker 11>for military connected children, there's about three hundred thousand of them,

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<v Speaker 11>and we're laser focused on providing that education, ripping out

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<v Speaker 11>the CRT and DEI, making sure that we're taking care

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<v Speaker 11>of the children and the military the military connected children,

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<v Speaker 11>and then giving them either youth activity or the child

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<v Speaker 11>development center if they're if they're not in the K

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<v Speaker 11>through twelve system yet.

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<v Speaker 2>You will fix the child child development issue or you

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<v Speaker 2>will hear about it NonStop because these these moms and

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<v Speaker 2>dads in the military connected to military service, they're really

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<v Speaker 2>relying on they.

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<v Speaker 1>Should yea as they should.

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<v Speaker 11>You know, I was in the military. I had two kids,

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<v Speaker 11>and you know I needed that service and they deserve.

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<v Speaker 11>That's a benefit that we provide, and we have to

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<v Speaker 11>deliver on that benefit, and we have to take it

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<v Speaker 11>very seriously.

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<v Speaker 2>Mistreunder Secretary, you've been more than generous with your time.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you for your service to the country and for

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<v Speaker 2>all the work you're doing on behalf of our military families.

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<v Speaker 11>Thank you, Matt, I appreciate, thank you service and comment.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks.

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<v Speaker 2>That's all the time we have. We'll be back Monday,

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<v Speaker 3>Let's go get him