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Composition of those cuts and where they come from, those are all appropriate subjects and negotiation, but by any standard, these would be reasonable cuts. in fact, if we made these cuts, they would be in absolute terms the largest cuts in domestic discretionary spending in history. and in relative terms, they would be the largest cuts as a percentage of gdp since 1982. so i dont think that anybody is suggesting somehow that we have not been serious about this process. as i said, there can be s...

Budget analysts out there and independent budget analysts about the ceo about the composition of what has been proposed versus what is in the, you know, house bill that passed a while back, hr-1, you know, this is consistent with those basic principles, and this notion that somehow we are offering smoke and mirrors and try to tell that to the democrats out there and part of what we have done is that weve been willing to cut programs that we care deeply about. that are really important, but we re...

This. all the stories about disunity among republicans is not true. they are still together. pushing for as much as they can get. the president decides do you do one week, six times larger in the magnitude of cuts. and fund the military which takes the enormous pressure of the military part of a shutdown off the table which would make it, i think, easier for house republicans to push for more domestic cuts, harder for the white house to accept. >> but the white house, as recently as this morning...

Find common ground, find a deal by tonight given house rules which require a three-day posting of these bills, youre getting right up against a government shutdown. if they were able to reach an accommodation, they could probably pass some short-term measure and get it done. the threat of the government shutdown is pretty real. theyre instructing agencies to prepare their con tin senngy plans for a shutdown. speaker baner is doing something like that on chile. the president the presidents messag...

Still make investments in education, still make investments in infrastructure, we can still make vemeninvestme that put the american people back to work and build our economy for the long term. >> mr. president, thank you. what else does the white house have to offer to make sure that a deal happens by friday? and separately, could you tell us a little bit about your meeting with mr. -- >> look, weve got -- we are happy to listen to any additional reasonable proposals, but i want to repeat what ...

Appropriate subjects of negotiations, but by any standard these would be reasonable cuts. in fact, if we made these cuts they would be in absolute terms the largest cuts in domestic discretionary spending in history, and in relative terms they would be the largest cuts as a percentage of gdp since 1982. so i dont think anybody is suggesting somehow that we havent been serious about this process. as i have said, there can be some negotiations about composition. what we cant be doing is using last...

Analysts, including the cbo, about the composition of what weve proposed versus what was in house bill -- the house bill that passed a while back, hr-1, you know, this is consistent with those basic principles. so this notion that somehow were offering smoke and mirrors, try to tell that to the democrats out there because part of what weve done is weve been willing to cut programs that we care deeply about that are really important, but we recognize that given the fiscal situation that were in, ...

>> well, i think you saw it. i think there is significant frustration from the white house. earlier this morning talking to a senior aide, said this is not one of the most difficult problems washington faces right now. we should be able to get a budget. only six months left to the end of the year. the white house and the democrats feel like they have met republicans halfway. obviously, hr-1, the republicans bill that passed the house early on had $60 billion in cuts. the democrats say they have ...

Plastic. right? so it would be a much better resource. >> very much so. so we have run a gauntlet of tests on our composition. this material is compatible with plant-based composts. you can break up a part you received in a box made out of our material, put plant-based compost and it will decompose in a plaematter of 30 days. if youre in an urban setting, you can dump right into your mu municipal landfill, this breaks up in 45 days. >> when we might begin to see mushroom car parts on the market?...

Interest here. particularly, with the secretary of defense, robert gates has the guts to say right next to the secretary of state, there is no vital interest in libya. to his great credit he was absolutely integrity without question, but then went on to say we do have an interest. that interest is as yet undefined, humanitarian? this is not a humanitarian issue at this point this is over 200 tomahawk guided missiles ago after their target in libya, air strikes by b-2 stealth bombers and this pre...