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Table. the point is youre talking about, youre heralding 12% of the budget. thats not where the money is here when it comes to driving up the debt. you even said about the debt commission that the president doesnt wear that collar into the next election. ive talked to administration officials who say the strategy here is a political one. get the republicans to step forward first, make the big suggestions on where to cut entitlements and that can be used against them in the election. >> david, le...

The budget. thats not where the money is here when it comes to driving up the debt. you even said about the debt commission that the president doesnt wear that collar into the next election. ive talked to administration officials who say the strategy here is a political one. get the republicans to step forward first, make the big suggestions on where to cut entitlements and that can be used against them in the election. >> david, let me tell you. after we get beyond who goes first and bragging r...

Violent crackdown where there isnt a whole lot thats actually known in benghazi, the eastern human rights watch reporting widespread government crackdown, violent -- the number of casualties unknown. what can you say about what the u.s. government knows about whats happening inside libya. >> were concerned about reports of violence and attacks on civilians. weve condemned that violence and our view is libya as throughout the region peaceful protests need to be respected. they need to be able to ...

Obama, national security adviser, secretary of state clinton urging that restraint and encouraging what is now transpiring which seems to be the pull back of the military forces, and now real effort to engage the opposition in a broad based dialogue that will enable the peoples aspiration to be discussed. >> can the government survive in bahrain? >> david, i wouldnt want to be in the business of predictions in this very volatile environment. weve seen change so rapidly. what were encouraging gov...

Dictating that they stay. what were doing is saying, consistency across the board theres universal human rights that need to be respected. theres demand for reform that are legitimate and need to be addressed very urgently. >> let me follow up on egypt. one of the big stories thats come out of there in the protests is what happened to our colleague from cbs news lara logan who was attacked by a mob, sexually assaulted, and i know the administration has been pressing the egyptian military and the...

Dictating that they stay. what were doing is saying, consistency across the board theres universal human rights that need to be respected. theres demand for reform that are legitimate and need to be addressed very urgently. >> let me follow up on egypt. one of the big stories thats come out of there in the protests is what happened to our colleague from cbs news lara logan who was attacked by a mob, sexually assaulted, and i know the administration has been pressing the egyptian military and the...

They can have fairness in the workplace and fairness in compensation. that is whats at stake here. it goes way beyond this budget issue. this governor of wisconsin is not setting out just to fix a budget hes setting out to break a union. thats a major move in terms of american history. i believe the president should have weighed in. i think we should all weigh in and say do the right thing for wisconsins budget but do not destroy decades of work to establish the rights ever workers to speak for ...

Thats our aim in egypt. were going to support that. and we believe it needs to be credible and irreversible. >> before you go i want to ask you about the u.n. vote on a we lugs brought forward by the palestinians to declare israeli settlement activity as illegal. you as the united states representative there vetoed that measure because of the word illegal. the administration believes that settlements are illegitimate but not necessarily illegal. my question is whether you worry that in the middl...

Of mr. aviation. by his actions the magazine writes mr. obama put other authoritarian allies on notice. he thinks that even pro western autocracies that fail to reform deserve to die. but how much reform? how many people are enough? to judge by the gale rat technology arab world this week he may have to answer such questions rather soon. >> david, for years and, indeed, throughout the course of this entire administration, we have been saying to our friends and partners in the arab and muslim wor...

The government. senator durbin where do you see room for compromise. you as leaders on the democratic side and the senate are going to have to move a bit on cutting dramatically government spending. >> david, understand the starting point. weve already cut $41 billion from below the presidents budget for this fiscal year in the way were currently funding our government. and now the question is how much further should we go? >> democrats havent actually cut anything. they havent -- you havent cut...