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>> and one of the areas where there is a real need for this incoming president to calm the waters has to do with nato. what should donald trump do to ensure our nato allies that hes not going to throw away whats really been sort of centerpiece of u.s. foreign policy in the postwar era since 1945. >> he can do a couple things. first, emphasize that his policy is driven by the principle of allies and partners first. he could signal during this transition hes going to live up to his campaign commit...

Three times he voted against the defense authorization act. which is a bill that funds the troops. it also, by the way, funds the iron dome and other important programs. i have to assume you vote against it in the senate, you would also veto it as president. he has also supported, by the way, a budget that is called a containment budget. it is a budget that would radically reduce the amount of money you spend on our military. you cant carpet bomb isis. if we continue those cuts that were doing n...

Additional cuts. we are going to be left with the oldest and the smallest air force this country has ever had and that leaves us less safe. >> senator cruz. >> you know, marco has continued these attacks and they know its not true. it is true that i voted against the national defense authorization act because when i campaigned in texas i told voters in texas that i would oppose the federal government having the authority to detain u.s. citizens permanently with no due process. i have repeatedly ...

Down that detention facility. >> yes, it is a campaign commitment he promised to do so in 2008, and promised to do it in the first term, but it has not happened, and we will see if he can achieve that in the final year of office. we want to bring in the anchor of the lead our own jake tapper, and our own correspondent gloria borger, and also our national security correspondent jim sciut sciutto. once he finishes this news conference, he is headed tout san bernardino to meet with the families of ...

this in an interview, cbss ""60 minutes"," the president challenges the political partisanship. he says republican strategy cuts him off at the knees. >> i think the republicans made a different calculation, which was, you know what, we really screwed up the economy. obama seems popular. our best bet is to stand on the sidelines because we think the economy will get worse and at some point just blame him. so we havent gotten the kind of engagement from them that i would have liked. a...

"if health care reform passes, repeal it." >> every election in america this fall will be a referendum on this issue. and theres an overwhelming likelihood that every republican candidate will be campaigning to repeal it. the democratic leaders are misleading their members and suggesting to them that somehow by approving this, they will get it behind them. approving it guarantees that it will be ahead of them. >> if, in the chance that republicans regain control of congress, would that be someth...

And theres an overwhelming likelihood that every republican candidate will be campaigning to repeal it. the democratic leaders are misleading their members and suggesting to them that somehow by approving this, they will get it behind them. approving it guarantees that it will be ahead of them. >> if, in the chance that republicans regain control of congress, would that be something, though, that you would, as a potential majority leader, would pursue? >> well, im not going to predict the outcom...

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