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Military defense spending budget was supposed to be around $733 billion by 2020, it could go down to $700 billion, so when people are writing the budget, whats the first thing that gets cut and how could this negatively impact the military? >> good morning, and one of the things that we saw just two years ago we were at a 1940 military and you had a case that planes were dropping out of the sky, troops were underpaid and undersupplied and even more so our ships couldnt sail, now, finally, we are...

>> reporter: reported missing on january 29th, he set out for a fishing trip when the coast guard said the mast of the sailboat broke and the electronics gear was damaged in rough weather. on thursday with a broken shoulder two months at sea, the fortunes changed. a german flagged vessel rescued jordan 200 miles east of north carolinas cape hatteras. he was medevacked to a virginia hospital and walked inside on his own two feet. here is the first phone call with his father. >> how are you feelin...

Attitude. this president, going to your point, i dont think he shares the concerns at least of this panel and a large majority of americans. >> but -- >> we have been to this movie before, and that was in the after vietnam and it was in the carter administration. we cut our military systems, we sort of retracted our position in the world. and what happened? the end result of that was when our american diplomats were taken hostage in tehran, we could not mount a successful rescue mission. we had ...

We had five helicopters that were mired in the sand. we couldnt even rescue our own. so flash forward. when i was in the pentagon and reagan administration, we were horrified by what we found. we had ships that couldnt sail because they didnt have fuel. we had airplanes that couldnt fly because our pilots hadnt had enough training hours. for every tank that was operational, there was one sitting next to it that was cannibalized for spare parts. but the single worst thing is what we found with ou...

Attitude. this president, going to your point, i dont think he shares the concerns at least of this panel and a large majority of americans. >> but -- >> we have been to this movie before, and that was in the after vietnam and it was in the carter administration. we cut our military systems, we sort of retracted our position in the world. and what happened? the end result of that was when our american diplomats were taken hostage in tehran, we could not mount a successful rescue mission. we had ...

Ships that couldnt sail. for he have tank we had sitting one next to it that we cannibalized. the worst thing we took it out on military personnel, wounded warriors, homeless veterans. were starting to see it now. the sequester cuts will have cuts in health care benefits. they will be cutting back on, you know, on the benefits that our wounded wars i dont remembers and retirees have. were doing it again. not just the equipment maintenance and the operations of our armed forces but on the actual ...

We have had ships that couldnt sail because they didnt have fuel. >> reporter: others argue the new proposed troop cuts arent that deep. >> i do not think its a problem to cut the ground forces by 100,000 at this moment in history. that is about how much they grew after 9/11. >> president obama is not the first to want a leaner, more agile army. donald rumsfeld did at the start of the bush administration. the iraq war was supposed to be won with shock and awe. the pentagon has not said explicitl...

To be qualified as pilots. we have had ships that couldnt sail because they didnt have fuel. >> reporter: others argue the new proposed troop cuts arent that deep. >> i do not think its a problem to cut the ground forces by 100,000 at this moment in history. that is about how much they grew after 9/11. >> president obama is not the first to want a leaner, more agile army. donald rumsfeld did at the start of the bush administration. the iraq war was supposed to be won with shock and awe. the pent...

The two wars weve been fighting. jenna: and the de intait whether its the right strategy. k.t. mcfarland worked with the reagan administration and lets look at that particular area she was talking about, when carter made those cuts to the army. what was ronald reagans response at the time? >> reporter: remember, the nation was very war weary after vietnam so there was high inflation rates, essentially there were 58,000 u.s. troops who had been killed in that war, nixon began the drawdown, carter...

To be qualified as pilots. we have had ships that couldnt sail because they didnt have fuel. >> reporter: others argue the new proposed troop cuts arent that deep. >> i do not think its a problem to cut the ground forces by 100,000 at this moment in history. that is about how much they grew after 9/11. >> president obama is not the first to want a leaner, more agile army. donald rumsfeld did at the start of the bush administration. the iraq war was supposed to be won with shock and awe. the pent...