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Important to our country, which is how do we solve this debt problem in a way that is balanced and fair and serves our future, the president did an interview, answered a lot of questions about it, got one question on the birther issue. and on the evening news that night, that was what led the news. and at that moment, the president said, you know what, weve got to put a stop to this. and he wanted to make the point that we have more important issues in this country and we ought to move on. and t...

Debt problem. democrats fought every cut in spending thats come along the way. we only had -- as country of three of these pressure points you talked about, 2011 budget. debt ceiling and 2012 budget. we should not hold it hostage. we will be left with only one negotiating point yet. the 2012 budget and nothing left to show for it. >> you are on a one point there, you say only republicans get it. no. they get it when it comes to social security. they get it when it comes to medicare and medicaid....

If we refuse to negotiate within our government well find ourselves negotiating with the foreign government and international community on terms far less favorable than we enjoy today," coburn said. its important that the market believe the white house and congress will deal with the countrys debt problem. that means agreeing sooner rather than later on what they hope here are parallel agreements both reducing the deficit and raising the debt ceiling. >> bret: thank you. brit hume is here to tel...

Held there. this is a couple of days after both the british and french foreign ministers said nato needs to intensify its efforts. we heard from secretary of state hillary clinton who said that the united states will do whatever it can to -- protection the civilians, but the u.s. will maintain its supportive role in that mission. thomas. >> stephanie gosk, thank you. now to the white house. right now president obama is keeping his focus on solving the debt problem, meeting with alan simpson an...

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Commission the president established lay out basically the same target, and the president of the united states on wednesday lays out a balanced, responsible plan that achieves about the same level of deficit reduction over about the same period. we take a little longer because were going to go a little more gradually, but when you have leadership of republicans and democrats saying that this is the right thing to do for the economy now, we all agree on how much you have to do, thats very importa...

Established lay out basically the same target, and the president of the united states on wednesday lays out a balanced, responsible plan that achieves about the same level of deficit reduction over about the same period. we take a little longer because were going to go a little more gradually, but when you have leadership of republicans and democrats saying that this is the right thing to do for the economy now, we all agree on how much you have to do, thats very important. and what wed like for...

11 years later, weve got the issue with the bush-era tax cuts. two very hefty and costly wars. and now, today, weve got this latest scare from the s&p that really brings the urgency to our debt problem. from a purely economic perspective, can republicans take this latest news and use it to push what they want to accomplish when it comes to our debt and the debate? >> well, i think that, first of all, republicans and democrats, and of course, they are both responsible for the situation were in th...

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