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Americans confidence in the military is at its lowest level in over two decades.

The recruitment has been suffering as well with the Army, the Air Force, and Navy each

expecting to fall short of their recruitment goals this year.

And these troubling trends come at a time as tensions with China are only continuing

to grow as well as increased instability in multiple regions around the world.

Earlier this week, we spoke with Florida Republican Congressman Michael Waltz about both

why the recruitment problem is taking place and why he says Americans are losing trust

in the US military.

The former Green Beret discussed his perspective, what he thought the Pentagon officials and

lawmakers should do to strengthen the US armed services at a time when it is facing what

he calls, quote, the greatest threats in American history.

Congressman Waltz also reacted to a congressional forum that was held earlier this week where

several gold star families who lost their loved ones during America's 2021 exit from

Afghanistan.

They called for accountability, they share their pain and their disappointment.

We made some edits for time, but we thought that you might like to hear our entire conversation

with Congressman Mike Waltz.

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