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In light of the security needs of the continent relative to the emerging strategic priorities that we face elsewhere. we are committed to sustaining a presence that will meet our article 5 commitments, deter aggression and the u.s. military will work closely with our allies to aflour the kinds of coalition operations that nato has undertaken in libya and afghanistan. in latin america, africa, elsewhere in the world, we will use innovative methods to sustain u.s. presence, maintaining key militar...

Effect in january 2013 through the mechanism of sequester. that would force us to shed missions and commitments and capabilities that we believe are necessary to protect core u.s. national security interests, and it would result in what we think would be a demoralized and hollow force. that is not something that we intend to do. finally, id like to also address our men and women in uniform, and the civilian employees who support them, who i know have been watching the budget debates here in wash...

Sequester. that would force us to shed missions and commitments and capabilities that we believe are necessary to protect core u.s. national security interests, and it would result in what we think would be a demoralized and hollow force. that is not something that we intend to do. finally, id like to also address our men and women in uniform, and the civilian employees who support them, who i know have been watching the budget debates here in washington with concern about what it means for them...

"president obamas cronies spend more time strategizing about mitt romney than strategizing how to create jobs for the 25 million people out of work." and that comes every day, richard, in their very volume nous e-mails. is that a good counter? >> well, any time they are talking about the economy is good, as long as the economy is not improving. lets see what the jobs numbers do. you know, the economy is improving, albeit slowly and we have seen a pickup in the presidents numbers along with consu...

good morning. welcome. im soledad obrien. welcome to "starting point." we are coming to you from manchester, new hampshire. we are coming to you live from the airport diner. five day ways from primary day here. our starting point this morning is something that you are bogey to hear on the combine trail today which is the future of the american military. just about four hours president obama will reveal his plan for a slimmed-down force that will no longer be fighting two full-blown gro...

power. it will allow the pentagon to slash hundreds of billions of dollars from the budget. rick santorum heads to new hampshire primary with a million dollar boost from iowa. source close to the campaign says that santorum raised more than $1 million after finishing second in the iowa caucuses. santorum, he is attending a faith, family and freedom town hall meeting in northfield, new hampshire. that is happening this hour. hes trying to position himself as the main conservative chal...

Lets watch mitt romney, who many people consider one of the top three finishers tonight, the way things are going in the polls. >> if all goes well, i hope i become the nominee and i take on the white house. but at this stage, i think its hard to predict exactly whats going to happen. but i think ill be among the top group. i dont know if thats one, two, or three, but all three of us will get a good sendoff going into new hampshire and south carolina. its a long road. >> you know what he wont sa...

Important is that on a night like tonight? >> reporter: well political insiders tell us it is going to be very, very telling tonight. the people who have spent months or more here organizing all of their precinct captains, surrogates, supporters. tonight its a cold, lengthy process for somebody, it takes patience and commitments. you want to make sure all the doors you knocked on, all the people you got to commit to you will turn around and get everybody out to vote. we talked with the governors...

Important is that on a night like tonight? >> reporter: well political insiders tell us it is going to be very, very telling tonight. the people who have spent months or more here organizing all of their precinct captains, surrogates, supporters. tonight its a cold, lengthy process for somebody, it takes patience and commitments. you want to make sure all the doors you knocked on, all the people you got to commit to you will turn around and get everybody out to vote. we talked with the governors...

Time. lets watch mitt romney, who many people consider one of the top three finishers tonight, the way things are going in the polls. >> if all goes well, i hope i become the nominee and i take on the white house. but at this stage, i think its hard to predict exactly whats going to happen. but i think ill be among the top group. i dont know if thats one, two, or three, but all three of us will get a good sendoff going into new hampshire and south carolina. its a long road. >> you know what he w...