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>> greta: is that a group of four, five, six no single person in charge? >> it is a council chaired by the minister of defense. sitcom prized of the chief -- it is comprised of the chief of staff, chief of operations and the chiefs of the branches of the military with hierarchy par tis make from the generals of the army. >> greta: israel and your company has had a peace for decades. israel is on edge. worried about what is going to happen. is there a chance that your country will pull back on th...

Institutions and honors its commitments, its legal obligations that have been honored and will continue to be honored. >> lets talk about who is in charge right now. how does that work? the military is in charge. the general tantawi, the defense minister, is he in change the country sf. >> he is in charge by virtue his chairmanship of the supreme military council. todays xh aes communicate ind the council decided to maintain the existing government as a caretaker government to govern the normal ...

It is in charge. >> greta: is that a group of four, five, six no single person in charge? >> it is a council chaired by the minister of defense. sitcom prized of the chief -- it is comprised of the chief of staff, chief of operations and the chiefs of the branches of the military with hierarchy par tis make from the generals of the army. >> greta: israel and your company has had a peace for decades. israel is on edge. worried about what is going to happen. is there a chance that your country wil...

Decrease in government spending. as we decrease that spending, some programs will be cut even further as we increase investments in what is important to the american people, education reform, good teachers in our classrooms, an export initiative, clean energy manufacturing that creates jobs here in this country. the overall tenor obviously is a reduction in spending, and as we reduce, that lets prioritize the important investments that the american people know we have to have. >> we know there w...

Youre the shuttle-ready projects guy. there should be more investment in infrastructure. should there be more of that before we focus on bringing down the deficit? >> we can do both. let me explain what i mean. the omnibus or the -- im sorry to sound like a senator here, or a wonk, but in the spending proposal for next year, we freeze discretionary spending. freeze it. freeze it. we think we have to start by -- all those things were tails on them, long-term impact, we should not be spending in t...

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If the republicans dont control the senate, its going to be a different landscape for mcconnell in his caucus with the new more radical tea party party candidates arriving. on the house side, john boehner, in line to be speaker of the house if the republicans take back the house, weve been joking as the witness protection plan. we havent seen him. we know hes made commitments in his pledge to america about what hes going to do. beyond that, we dont know much. >> there are "b" and "c" plans being...

Dont let it creep you out. refresh my memory. what is different noun -- now than a couple years ago? >> if you think about it long enough, you get the impression we have a different president who is in new york to talk to hi friends at the united nations and further the impression we are getting weaker. >> are we really weaker though? we talk about our perception, but are we really weaker? we can still bomb everybody. >> it would help to have an economy. that is usually a basis for strength in t...

I was encouraged when minority leader mcconnell and boehner said, they would take spending and move it back to 2008 levels. mcdonald the new governor of virginia moved it back to 2006 levels. is that a good enough start in your mind? >> we have to make commitments. put them on the table that we will ramp spending back significantly. remember, president obama increased the federal spending by 25% in about 24 months. consider that the federal government was not a lean, mean machine before presiden...