An unintended consequence of 'don't ask don't tell' which was a compromise that the president -- my boss, President Clinton signed into law 17 years ago. Here's what happened. We had an officer, for example, serving in Iraq... he was drummed out of our military in a time of war, in a combat theater where he was serving honorably and admirably.
Begala discusses the negative impact of 'don't ask, don't tell' on military personnel and national security.
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The problem Mr. Trump has though, is independents, right? They don't like this and they do think that these charges are very serious.
What the Republican Party is revealing itself is a party that once again, and we've seen this over the last five years, puts politics ahead of the country.
This is extraordinary here. This is their agenda for real. They say they want to impeach the Democratic president, they want to remove the Republicans speaker, they want to shut down the whole government, and they want to block every…
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