00:00Yes, sir going back to Nancy's question. So was there no anticipation or any, you know
00:06Preparatory like legal discussions about the ruling that could really complicate
00:10Troops ability to defy what they might have previously known as an illegal or immoral
00:18order
00:19Again, look let's not conflate the Supreme Court
00:24deliberation and debate about you know
00:27Presidential authorities and the Uniform Code of Military Justice and the access to legal counsel that military leaders have
00:34On any given day on a variety of topics around the world
00:38Any commander or any leader can consult legal counsel to get an assessment on whether or not a decision?
00:46Or an order regardless of what it is is legal ethical moral and appropriate and that doesn't change
00:53it doesn't change as I'm sure you can appreciate in a
00:57democracy where
00:59Laws are written by humans and they're malleable and there's always going to be a variability to that
01:05Which is why you have legal counsel so that you can get advice
01:08On that and so when it comes to the Department of Defense and prosecuting our duties to defend the country throughout the world
01:14We're always going to have the benefit of informed legal counsel
01:18To make informed ethical and legal decisions
01:21Yes
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