spencer spelling it out, the need for uniform application, steady command and control, steady orders. you might recall some weeks back the president tweeted that u.s. troops were killing machines, trained to be killing machines, and of course the u.s. military feels that is exactly not what they are. they want to see some discipline return to this process. a lot of worry that the president will continue to do this. alex? barbara, terrific reporting. you can read a lot more from barbara starr on cnn.com. barbara starr at the pentagon, thanks very much. sure. joining me to discuss this further is mart hurtling, a cnn military analyst and former commanding general of the u.s. army in europe. thank you for joining me on this thanksgiving. happy thanksgiving, alex. and to you. i want to start with a quote of your s that you actually gave to barbara in her piece on cnn.com in which you talk about the current state of the u.s. military. and you wrote, it may not break
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us, former u.s. attorney, of course. barba barbara, from a legal standpoint, what are the implications? well, whatever the state charges and penalties are for solicitation of prostitution. but the bigger picture, as mimi mentioned, is this idea of sex trafficking. human trafficking is a huge problem. and i want to point out it isn t just people who are brought here illegally and don t speak english who become sex slaves, but frequently what we saw, charges out of the u.s. attorney s office in my district, were underage girls, runaways, girls living in group homes, who became addicted to drugs and their oppressors would use drug addiction as a method to control and coerce them if they were underage or even if they were over the age of 18, to use coercion also makes it a federal offense. as mimi said, penalties very severe, mandatory minimum 15 years up to life. that would be for someone who knows and participants in what s going on. i don t think anyone s alleged robert kraft was awar
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and center. we have not had a briefing in several weeks. it has been the president taking the lead on the messaging about all of this, andrea. and at the same time, david pecker, and this is another element brought into it this week, the cooperation that we knew was taking place with the tabloid, the catch and kill process. barba barbara, how damaging is it that cohen who is, you know, been pleaded guilty to lying to the perjury to congress, so he can be attacked on the stand, but you have david pecker, this long time friend of the president s also as another corroborating witness to what was alleged there. yes, andrea, corroboration is important when you are using a krob ray or the of someone who corroborate someone who is pleading guilty of getting a
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