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Why recruiting, confidence in U.S. military is so low

The U.S. military has reached crisis levels of low recruitment, at the same time the American public’s perception of the armed forces is increasingly divided. In a recent Gallup poll, only 60 percent of respondents said they had confidence in the U.S. military, the lowest level in over two decades. Matthew Gault, a writer for VICE who covers the military, joins Ali Rogin to discuss.