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Revolutions. we began to see signs of economic recovery here at home, even as too many americans are still struggling to get ahead. >> the president is struggling to finish up last-minute business. today, in fact, he just signed into law the national defense authorization act which is a huge $662 billion measure that authorized funding for everything from the war in afghanistan to new weapons program for the pentagon, all kinds of things. it also specifies how a terrorist detainees are treated i...

Your point is very well taken. kellian conway, thanks for taking the time. >> thank you and happy new year. >> gregg: you, too. fox news is your home base for the iowa caucuses. tomorrow night, 8:00 p.m. eastern and american election headquarters special preview on tuesdays race hosted by bret baier live, megyn kelly. well have special coverage. caucuses this tuesday beginning at 6:00 p.m. eastern right here on the fox news channel. >> heather: president obama signing a $662 billion defense bill...

Defense apparatus, $662 billion or more than the 2011 budgets proposed spending on medicare, the fda, the national institute for health, the centers for disease prevent and control and the national park service, crop insures, the fbi, the dea, federal prison system, global health, the federal aviation and highway and railroad administration, the environment tam administration and nasa combined for those scoring at home. this years defense policy bill attracted controversy and scrutiny for provis...

Believes its a better country on the 15th of december 2011 than it was on the 20th of march, 2003 when the war began. listen to judy. >> better in terms of infrastructure probably not. better in terms of the potential for a brighter future, absolutely. i mean, saddam hussein is gone. 30 years of tyranny are over. his sons who were even crazier than he was will never rule that country. iraq stands just a shot now at a deincident is progressive stable future. thats more than they had before. >> a ...

Them in a better position in order to succeed over the long term. short term, folks are still hurting. >> you can see barbara walters full interview with the president and mrs. obama on a "20/20" holiday special. december 23. >> another barbara walters exclusive. you go, ms. walters. well, there is an agreement to keep the government running through next september. democrats and republicans put aside much of their partisan bickering to reach the funding agreement. without it government agencie...

talk more about it in our "crime and consequences" segment in 20 minutes. the clock is still ticking toward a midnight deadline to avert a partial government shutdown but the pressures gone down just a little bit. thats john boehners way of saying both parties in both houses have agreed on a trillion dollar spending package. now they just have to vote on it. the house will vote first. then start its holiday recess. the senate will vote after that. and will try to agree on extending a...

They shouldnt mess with the deal. take a listen. >> if we have a reasonable agreement with the republics on funding the government, we should seize that opportunity and do it and not hold it up for what may be more political considerations. >> now, the democratic leadership would like to tie that government funding bill with the payroll tax holiday, unemployment benefits and that is where things kind of get stuck, shep. >> shepard: mike, some breaking news happening as we are going through all o...

Piece, iraqi security forces are not fully trained or trusted. i think that says it all on a lot of levels. are they ready to protect themselves? >> it is going to be tough. think about that, 8 years, 7 months, 14 days ago, president bush flew on to the aircraft carrier and proclaimed mission accomplished. well -- >> that, obviously, was criticized in hindsight for being premature. here we are finally wrapping up. the question will linger in the history books should we have ever been there in th...

>> greta: more from rush limbaugh in 60 seconds. first, go to the new york new newsroom where ainsley earnhardt has the headlines. >> house passes $662 billion defense bill. the vote finishing 283-136. after last minute changes even sureed president obama would be able to prosecute terror suspects in the civilian justice system. the bill also includes a freeze on aid to pakistan and pay raise for all members of the uniform services. the senate is expected to vote on thursday. new concerns over...

Passed a major defense bill. it calls for $662 billion to cover military personnel expenses and weapons systems. the final vote is expected today in the senate. a last-minute change to the bill though the president has opposed calls for prosecuting terror suspects in civilian courts. congress up against a midnight friday deadline to pass a funding bill. that would avert a government shutdown. democrats may back off their demand for higher taxes on the nations millionaires. the president did wa...