we offered many times. seth we started reading stories six, seven years ago of young men and women in iraq in the midst of the most chaotic times where you would have somebody who is 24, 25 years old put in charge of running a town. get the water running. get the sewer up. get the lights back on. and at the time the articles were suggesting that these officers would be hot commodities in business because they ve like army do more before, you know, 7:00 whatever the expression is. they are 25, 26, 27-year-olds who did more before they turned 30 than a lot of people do in their entire lifetime. you actually learn leadership. it s a tremendous amount of responsibility to have to take on the safety and well being of a platoon, of young men and
third-party information in the fisa application should be released. there is no bottom. with 46 days until the mid-term elections many voters have begun to notice the scores of congressional candidates who are young, veterans of iraq and afghanistan. the washington post david ignatius said this movement may be the most positive trend on the political horizon. who is that young man. someone you know. one veteran who served four turs as a marine officer in iraq has raised millions for this effort with his serve america pact, seth mullton of massachusetts joins us now. also one of those iraq war veterans running for office retire air force intelligence officer and democratic candidate for u.s. congress in the 23rd district of the state of texas, gina ortiz jones. seth, i looked very quickly
different is we have a republican president. this should have been an all hands on deck moment, big hands, small hands, but all hands trying to pass something. as you discussed, president trump didn t go the distance on this. that s part of why we are where we are. robbie, it s not just republicans with infighting, it s your party, as you know. there have been folks like, you know, seth mullton, a democratic congressman who said i don t want schumer and pelosi as leadership going into 2018. this isn t just the republican party. is this a moment of change in terms of leadership and messaging? i think both parties are going through the process of trying to figure out what their message is going to be for next cycle. i think a lot is normal. it s important to remember the leaders in both parties are