concentrate on the breadth of today and making sure that our force is ready and able to fight and win our nation's wars. that's the mission. at the same time with the elect of the and make sure that we recruit from the broadest possible pool of america's best. we have an all volunteer force. we have to draft, we have to recruit from a number of different communities throughout the country. in the past you've seen how thea military has expanded to different ethnicities, different races, women in combat. >> tucker: you're notas answering the e question. what you're saying is this is a massive social program designed to affirm different communities to put political pressure on the white house. that's fine. but the pentagon ought to be only concerned with winning wars and securing our safety. how does this advance that in any way? give me -- make me feel better. >> the way the country wins wars is that we have a military that constitutes america's best, reflect america were people want to serve. we've seen how it is changed from the revolutionary war. s