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it was verery much a soul-searching opportunity. i came into the military in an effort to figure out who i was and where my place in the world was. what i mediately found out is how much i love the military. i love the camaraderie and the ability to make a difference. that is what has kept me here for 18 years. amy: a study by the rand corporation estimates gender reassignment treatments would cost the military between $2.5 million and $8.59 annually. by comparison, the total military spending on erectile dysfunction drugs amounts to 10 times as much annually. your response e to this, staff sergeant king? >> i am fortunate to not need erectile dysfunction medication. amy: but what does it say to you about the priorities of the presidenent? i would be remiss if i decided d to speak on the priorities in washington, d.c. i can tell you my priority is service to my country and being able to contininue to represent this country and the transgender community. i know there are dozens and dozens of service members who their main concern is

i think you willll find it very informativive and verery, very amy: that was candidate d donald trumpp speaking june 7 only hohs after his son confirmed the meeting witith the kremlin linkd lawyer. the meeting took place june 9, two days after the speech. earlier this week, trump jr. hired a personal attorney. the attorney began his career as a top defense lawyer for the mob. the white house has been almost entirely silent amidst the growing scandal. white house press briefings have been off-camera this week. on tuesday during another off-camera press briefing, deputy white house experts in their huckabee sanders read a short statement by president trump and which she said -- "my son is a high-quality person and i applaud his transparency." president trump hasas been out f the public view for the last three days. he is flying out to paris tonight for a trip to france for bastille day on friday. vice president mike pence is publicly trying to distance himself from the scandal. on pence's spokesman said the tuesday,y, trump jr. meeting tok place before pence joined trump's campaign. mean

amy: thank you verery much, katrina vanden heuvel, for joining us, editor and publisher of the nationamerica's oldest weekly magazine. she had been reporting from moscow for more than three decades. vanden heuvel also is a columnist for thewashingtonpost.com. we will link to the nation and to her peace "patriotism in the , trump era." when we come back, we go south. we go to honduras where bertita zuniga caceres, the daughter of the murdered indigenous environmentalist berta caceres, had an assassination attempt against her this past weekend. we will talk to her. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: performing here in democracy now! studios. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we turn now to honduras. on friday afternoon, there was an attempted assassination on bertita zuniga caceres. she is the daughter of the murdered honduran indigenous and environmental leader berta caceres. bertita has stepped up her political leadership in recent months and continues to call for a full and independent investigatation into her mothe's assassinatation

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