the men and women. it doesn t prevent the right message. even in the marine corps. we don t wear a uniform in the public space. we only wear it on the base because there s something very american about not having our military out in society in the country. it s part of the freedom and the laws we have. the parade, as great of an idea it is, puts it out in society. harris: it s interesting. i was born on a military base. raised most of my life as a youngster as an army brat. so i remember as troops would come home, soldiers would come home and there would be a base celebration at times. but always there was just that sort of everybody who is missing. so it was also flash a somber occasion. the president has a heart for this. you saw an infusion of cash tied to all of that fighting on
he s a disabled veteran injured by a bombing in afghanistan. we tell you that because you are aware of the issues with the v.a. and so forth. we re so glad to have you on the program with your perspective. thanks for being here. i want to start with your idea about a parade the president has talked about. absolutely. i think the president is feeling an appreciation and affection from a military that has been starved, starved of the appropriate resources and attention and rhetoric that play as big role in our policy, our posturing around the country. they finally feel supported. you can see the president surround himself with generals that are not only capable but have the respect of the men and women serving. the president feels that and wants to do something. feels personally feels that he should put something out there. this parade is not it. we honor our men and women in arlington, not down pennsylvania avenue and the burden it puts on
make sure that we don t cut funding because we need to make sure that regions in that area that s high logical volatile in that theater are stabilized. you mentioned some of our more problematic areas that we need to address countries receiving aid like afghanistan which has been ongoing and arduous process to try to control and contain terrorism there in addition. pakistan, who we rely on in a pivotal way although they haven t necessarily been very forth right on many occasions, including with usama bin laden. so, you know, it gets complex as a war hero tell us as someone in the theater and you are down there with the men and women serving, do you think it will have a deleterious impact on military readiness, information and intel in the area being able to combat against terrorism, a reduction like that? no. because there is no one else who can do it. the british voted against this in this thing. the french voted against us. and, of course, russia. combined the three of them couldn
personally with these people. yes, it s a little unorthodox to tout the stock market and other aspects of the administration, while he s doing something like this, but this is an unorthodox president, and he s going to do things a little bit differently. he gave them the opportunity to ask questions about anything they could possibly want to ask and i m sure he ll have that chance one on one, but more than anything, the takeaway is that he has taken time on this important day to thank our troops for all they re doing for this country. karen, real quick, your takeaway? look, i agree with alice it s important to thank the troops particularly on a day like today when we have so many men and women serving, who are away from their families, but the thing rather than hearing about the stock market, i think what our troops particularly those in a foreign theater want to hear, their president has a plan and a strategy, not just to hear the phrase we re winning, we re going to win, you coul
right now we don t have those details. the military made a promise to the transgender men and women serving. the promise, you can live in the open. we ll take care of your medical expenses and you can continue your service. to break faith with that promise would be unconscionable. wasn t the military, the defense secretary, james mattis, involved in what was described as a lengthy stud ty to determi what is appropriate, not appropriate? and without waiting for the results of the study went ahead with that tweet? right. a stud fri 2015 to 2016. general mattis wanted further examination. none of that was completed. how does this impact? how does this impact morale on troops hearing transgender americans will no longer be able