steve: major general. brian: been handling these stories. served this nation for 35 years in man marks costa rica, afghanistan and korea from serving as a brigadier general of the u.s. army reserves to serving in the afghanistan war. distinguished career blazed the trail for women and for the lgbtq community and the military. i sincerely believe. april 12 army reserve officer smith was promoted to brigadier general where her life tracy pinned the star on her uniform. tracy s presence finally made smith the first openly gay general in united states military history. i didn t have to come out. i wasn t going to disrespect our marriage by pretending like she didn t exist. so we made the decision together, if a brigadier general couldn t be safe or couldn t feel like they could be who they
united states military history. here we are with nato being threatened. if the russians gain it upper hands, the idea that putin will stop is ridiculous. since it is a dynamic situation, my advice would be to reconsider where they are at and what measures are necessary to cap this right here. active military engagement may be off the table for an alliance having a hard time getting consensus. certainly there is a range of options we can do to deter the russians. one of them should start at home with pumping and drilling and flowing oil stocks into the world immediately. we heard that the russians are frustrated about it resistance they encountered so far from the brave ukraines. is it possible more casualties taken by the russians could hurt putin in terms of public support back home? absolutely.