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Through so they had at the start, three different groups or individuals involved in discussing legislation and what to do. you had the president here. he would be involved in this whole process. the president was in a way, like a king, but a king with a limited term of office and very limited powers. you had the senate, which was like an aristocratic body. they would be voted on, elected by state legislatures, they would be considering, deliberating over all the measures -- >> that was different...

and i think we can do that. again, for that to work as a strategy, you need to try to lock in politically, things people can count on and be comfort will bring down those long-term deficits. >> that is the political debate in washington today. >> well, its starting. the -- you know,, the hard thing in thinking about fiscal reform is not the accounting question of how you narrow the gap and how low you need to get it, but how to do it in a way thats not going to hurt growth incentives, ...

tonight i want to tie together some of the things we have been talking about in the last couple of weeks. i want to talk to you a little bit about propaganda... the age of reason. this was -- can man rule himself? that was the american experiment. can man rule himself? the constitution came out of that question. the founders said, yes! then someone asked the logical question: what is the logical question after you answer "yes" to this? how? how. thats where the constitution put from. c...

again, for that to work as a strategy, you need to try to lock in politically, things people can count on and be comfort will bring down those long-term deficits. >> that is the political debate in washington today. >> well, its starting. the -- you know,, the hard thing in thinking about fiscal reform is not the accounting question of how you narrow the gap and how low you need to get it, but how to do it in a way thats not going to hurt growth incentives, growth fundamentals and its ...

system. we have to start more dpraully. and i think we can do that. again, for that to work as a strategy, you need to try to lock in politically, things people can count on and be comfort will bring down those long-term deficits. >> that is the political debate in washington today. >> well, its starting. the -- you know,, the hard thing in thinking about fiscal reform is not the accounting question of how you narrow the gap and how low you need to get it, but how to do it in a way tha...

again, for that to work as a strategy, you need to try to lock in politically, things people can count on and be comfort will bring down those long-term deficits. >> that is the political debate in washington today. >> well, its starting. the -- you know,, the hard thing in thinking about fiscal reform is not the accounting question of how you narrow the gap and how low you need to get it, but how to do it in a way thats not going to hurt growth incentives, growth fundamentals and its ...

that word, but it really does go back to how commanders -- because theyre actually evaluated based upon their judgment of how they treat their people, how disciplined they are, professionalism, those things like that. so the training will be service-specific and it will be unit- specific, because you have some units that wont -- you know, they wont need certain things, depending on what the unit is. hoss, i know youve probably got a -- say something. >> i think youve covered it. >> im ...

lock in politically, things people can count on and be comfort will bring down those long-term deficits. >> that is the political debate in washington today. >> well, its starting. the -- you know,, the hard thing in thinking about fiscal reform is not the accounting question of how you narrow the gap and how low you need to get it, but how to do it in a way thats not going to hurt growth incentives, growth fundamentals and its going to be fair, judged fair to the broad community of ci...

consistent. >> i wanted to point out general cartwright said it, but weve been working with representatives from the military departments to develop the training guidance and training plans, so to speak, and we expect to have those accomplished next week, so its been very helpful because its been a joint effort with not only the military departments, but the joint staff to develop consistent training. >> would it be fair to say that by next week all the training modules will be complet...

[inaudible] >> governor, what is your take on the bailout of gm? >> in this particular case it was appropriate because were talking abut the entire auto industry. were not talking about one company. it would have been an issue of bringing down the entire infrastructure for the auto industry. [inaudible] that is yet to be determined. ford did not go through that process. they were able to do very well without having to go through the process. that is a great role model for all of us. [i...