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Part of, you know, ths burr juning unrest in the world. he will make the case as to who the budget needs to stay in the range of $495 billion a year. coming into the hearing room perhaps awkwardly because of iraq, unrest in libya, yemen, the fights with al qaeda affiliates around the world. the pentagon is facing about $50 billion in mandatory spending cuts from congress if they cant get that turned around and thats really what hagel is going to talk about. look at everything going on, look at w...

Matter, strategic interest matters zero sum game, i win you lose. >> lets take a look at the numbers. the 2015 budget $495 billion. that is a redirection of 113 billion of what we planned last year. 450,000 fewer troops and the smallest army since 1940. this is not the military that i want or the congress wants for americas future but it is the path we are on unless congress does something to change the law. it is also a complicated effort to expand the fear of military influence into asia. ...

President, the president takes a day or two off and plays golf. it doesnt matter whether its president obama -- >> would you have advised him to do it? >> the first president bush going fishing. i think youve got to give these guys a little time off. mostly theyre working 20 hours a day. >> would you have advised him to do it this weekend, sir? >> i was never in the position to advise presidents on what they did on weekends. >> a very diplomatic answer. >> final lirks defense secretary hagel ann...

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