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plus our producer hermella aregawi, what's coming up .1. >> join the conversation at aj consider this and our google plus and facebook pages. >> a scandal engulfing the affairs unit that maintains our >> a scandal engulfing the affairs unit that maintains our nuclear weapons is growing. this week the number of officers involved in a cheating scandal tripled to 92. but scandals involving improper behavior including bribery, safety lapses, drinking and drug have spread throughout the military, including the navy and army. joining us now to talk about these issues is brigadier general mark kimmet, middle east policy and former undersecretary of state for political affairs. he's also an al jazeera english contributors. joins us from washington, d.c, general good to have you back. the number of officers implicated in this nuclear proficiency test cheating scandal has tripled. the constantly developed because the initial cheaters were found by initial investigation into criminal drug abuse by some airmen. what's going on with this force that has such an important role >> i'm sure the affair

hermela aregawi, for that. hermella. >> lolo jones was one of the higher ranked hurried lers in hurdlers. >> how many facebook likes do they have? from that moment on i tried to make social media a priority. >> and doing that has really worked to "i love ya, ohio" to lolo's advantage. received this mean spirited tweets. cocosay coco says, can she get any uglier, mary ann does this this reinforce how. >> rather than in terms of how smart they are how talented they are and how dedicated they are. and so i think to be fair to female athletes you're right. i don't condemn them for taking advantage of these opportunities. but on the other hand it is a double edged sword, at the end of the day they are often mocked and not taken seriously as elite gifted and highly talented athletes. >> there's so much focus on the way women look and talking about women wearing makeup, under their goggles because they want to look their best. is this issue of attractiveness for women in sport something that is persuasive and in effect somethi

i want to go to hermela aregawi, for that. hermella. >> in 2007, antonio, lolo jones was one of the highest ranked hurried lers but had no sponsors for that. -- hurdlers, but had no sponsor for that. >> how many facebook "likes" do they have? from that moment on i tried to make social media a priority. >> and doing that has really worked to lolo's advantage. received this mean spirited tweets. coco says on a scale of 1 to 10, how close to pig-ugly would you class yourself? even on social media do you have to be persuade? >> social media allows people to be anonymously vicious, and to focus on women's physicality, how attractive they are and physically provocative they are, rather than how smart they are how talented they are and how dedicated they are. and so i think to be fair to female athletes you're right. i don't condemn them for taking advantage of these opportunities. but on the other hand it is a double edged sword, at the end of the day they are often mocked and not taken seriously as elite highly gifted and dedicated athletes