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Hes finally mentioned the possibility of raising taxes? >> well, certainly. we know from the comptroller, bushs appointed comptroller, walker, 70% of the bush debt that we incurred was because of the bush tax cuts. so its very important for us to begin to get more revenue into the government, first to pay down that bush debt, and secondly, to insure that we honor our commitments that we have made to some of our retirees and soldiers and the other outstanding commitments we have. >> isnt this you...

Believe in a progressive vision of our society, we have an obligation to prove that we can afford our commitments. if we believe the government can make a difference in peoples lives, we have the obligation to prove that it works by making government smarter and leaner and more effective. of course,ç there are those wh simply say, theres no way we can come together at all and agree on a solution to this challenge. theyll say the politics of this city are just too broken, that choices are just ...

Its not going to happen as long as im president. >> congresswoman lore rhetta saz joins us live from capitol hill. the president called on his own party, your party, to, quote, prove we can afford our commitments. can you? can you prove that? president said was we need to get this under control, and hes willing to try to make the tough decisions, and i believe our party needs to do that also. well take a look at some 0 the defense pending a defense spending and figure out what can be saved. not ...

Care for veterans, new educational opportunities for hundreds of thousands of veterans and their family members under the post- 9/11 gi bill. thats why as part of a landmark presidential study directive, for first time ever the well-being of our military families is now a national priority. not just a defense department priority, not just a va priority, it is a federal government priority. today my administration is working to implement nearly 50 specific commitments to improve the lives of mili...

Ashraf, which is -- what its residents call a massacre there. activists posted videos on youtube showing armed iraqi security forces, bursting into a cam camp of iranian exiles, plowing through the crowds with humvees. and they said innocent people were killed in these clashes, including women. we asked robert gates about it while in iraq and heres what he said. >> i urge the iraqi government to show restraint and live up to their commitments to treat the residents of ashraf in accordance with i...

Big government this school uses the secession cause to dramatize issues of today. do you agree with that? >> well, elements of it because i do have a libertarian commitments to rights and liberties to all no matter what, so i am highly suspicion of big government becoming big brother, but were in a situation now we have a predatory capitalism, a jungle capitalismç where you he big banks and big corporations who have corrupted big business and so you get populist responses, sometime right wing ...

Gadhafi. >> france now italy, other countries are beginning to recognize the rebels, the opposition as the legitimate government of libya. should the u.s. be doing that? >> id walk very, very slowly down that path. until we have an exact determination of who they are and one of the things we have to remember, a lot of the ex-pats outside arent viewed very favorably or not welcomed as great leaders when they return to libya. these are the folks on the ground hearing shots fired in anger, trying t...

Nouri al maliki has said his medications forces are prepare for the record any attack. but gates acknowledged there could be a scenario where u.s. troops are needed to help fight a potential insurgency. >> we are willing to have a presence beyond that time. but weve got a lot of commitments around the world. if folks here are going to want us to have a presence, were going to need to get on with it pretty quickly in terms of our planning and our ability to figure out where we get the forces and ...

Have a hard time not supporting a week-long continues resolution to keep the government running? >> i dont want to see a government shutdown, on the other side, i think the short term crs are a joke. people want to have predictability in government. this is anything but predictability in government. the folks who happen to do their jobs and have several jobs are sitting on pins and needles every day wondering if theres a short term cr pass. like bleeding to death by paper cuts and i think would ...

Oversight and government reform committee and i think all are committed to change the way were doing business in washington, d.c. were not here to perpetuate the status quo because its not working. the cuts are important because we need to be on a trajectory to maintain the fiscal sanity that is in this country. we want to restrain the explosi explosive growth of bureaucracy through attrition. coupled with a true pay freeze for the next five years at reforms to government workers generous benefi...