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official presidential announcement this morning. as house members spend time at home in the district, just what to cut from the budget is front and center and "the washington post" looks at the possibility of defense cuts. the gop opens the door to defense cuts. this is what our topic is. this is -- these are the numbers to call -- ken also find us by e-mail -- lets take a look at "the washington post" story this morning. gop opens the door to defense cuts. our question is whether you ...

to be dealt with after november. one of the reasons for the commission was the idea that congress is just politically incapable of doing either of these things -- restructuring to raise taxes. the commission is going to very likely recommend either or both. i cannot imagine we will hear any kind of commitment on any of >> the commission report is after the election. that is no accident. i thought he was enthusiastic about getting some big issues taken care of. members do not want to go...

months earlier, and the bipartisan reports that preceded that. although most of this is pretty dry policy, i do have some breaking news. there is going to be a new director of national intelligence very soon. donovan mcnabb. [laughter] ago, i am sorry. he is going to be director of the cia. [laughter] maybe that is a misinterpreted piece of intelligence. looking back over the intelligence communitys history, going back to key milestones including the stand- up of dni five years ago thi...

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