we're also joined by medea benjamin, alicia garza, and claudia palacios.claudia, about the only time last on the president got applause from everyone in the chama, democrats and republicans, was when he said we have the strongest military in the history of the world. you are a military veteran and could you talk about his legacy in terms of the military and also right now you're facing a situation where you don't even have a passport, even though you were born in the united states and you have served in the military. could you talk about your personal experience? >> of course. my family's indigenous wrong people. we were forced to migrate into the state sanctions -- the states, the united states. i was filed into the military industrial complex. when i joined, i presented my records. due to the fear of immigration communities of deportation, i was born through a midwife in the state of texas. that birth certificate was recognized by the military in order for me to join the service. once i was in active duty service member, i applied with state forment of t