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Our troops receive serving in combat areas such as as afghanistan and used to be iraq. are they nickel and diming our people in uniform? nobody else is tightening their belt. his new book is out today. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me on. >> before we talk about your book, i want to talk about those topics. are you amazed how the military has been zeroed in on in terms of budget cuts? this is the latest example. >> part of it starts with the commission that they did and they were g...

immigration. well show you the old clip making new headlines. wolf blitzer is off. im joe johns. youre in "the situation room." we begin with breaking news. american students caught up in the bloody cairo protest are finally on their way out of a nightmare experience in egypt. lets go straight to cnns senior international correspondent, ben wedeman in cairo. earlier today we heard the three american students would be released on saturday. now were hearing its already happened. why? >...

And the u.s. can sort of take from peter to pay paul using money from later in the pentagons budget, later in the year to cover the costs now. but there are some costs. the combat pay for some of the troops, the cost of all that fuel thats being used on these planes, thats got to be paid now. some people have estimated the cost of this could come up to $1 billion. and thats why senators like richard lugar said there needed to be an accounting of some of these costs before the mission was launche...

Application, but the cost of it. because ultimately, its the united states and these other nations that are going to have to bear that cost. if you look at establish b a full no-fly zone, that would cost anywhere from $300 million to $100 million a week. a limited no-fly zone, in which you would only be covering the northern part of the country, even that is probably somewhere in the neighborhood of just under $100 million a week. so, again, the cheapest way you could do it is sit offshore on th...

About will not be social issues, but what different they will do as they approach the continues economic anxiety. here is kevin madden. a well-known republican strategist. >> the number one issue is the economy. it will be about spending. it will be about deficits, it will be about how you can create jobs. >> reporter: how you can create jobs, how are you going to deal with the federal deficit. how are you going approach debt. that will define how the election is fought out in the trenches. i ha...

Doesnt seem possible, but the national education association did not invite anybody from the administration to speak at their convention this summer. the reason? well, theyre ticked about the presidents pay for performance plan. saying it creates a system of winners and losers, but e-mac, you say thats what teachers need. >> listen, before i begin, teachers are basically -- i think they should get paid combat pay because theyre running social welfare agencies and nurseries. the things they put u...

Basketball skills? the knicks could use you. the knicks could use little bo beep. i have a decent outside shot but cant jump. many irish guys can jump, i hope thats not a racist statement. rudy: im no al garr fan but i respect the office of vice president. i wasnt crazy about the ambush by jesse waters. mr. gore has taken shots at fox news and avoided us more than a decade profiting big time from global warming and remains in the public arena. i have some questions for him so jesse was dispatche...

Basketball skills? the knicks could use you. the knicks could use little bo beep. i have a decent outside shot but cant jump. many irish guys can jump, i hope thats not a racist statement. rudy: im no al garr fan but i respect the office of vice president. i wasnt crazy about the ambush by jesse waters. mr. gore has taken shots at fox news and avoided us more than a decade profiting big time from global warming and remains in the public arena. i have some questions for him so jesse was dispatche...

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