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Infrastructure projects. he is actually talking about cutting the f-35 and some other defense programs but you dont really sense this is any driving force for him as far as looking at the deficit and looking at the debt. >> thats why im kind of off the playbook here i would think in terms of the first 100 days because i have an odd feeling, an instinct and often my instincts are wrong, the first day of his presidency is the most important day of his presidency in the near future and that is beca...

>> my big memory of the 80s was my best friend got this $300 console that connected to your tv. he would just play this thing forever. it was the first time anyone had ever seen anything but tv on a tv, and i thought, wow, this is technology. >> the imaginary rockets are controlled by the same chips the u.s. army used in their defense programs. but the significance of the chip does not only lie in gadgets. her whole future will be changed by the silicon chip business. >> it was discovered that y...

>> my big memory of the 80s was my best friend got this $300 console that connected to your tv. he would just play this thing forever. it was the first time anyone had ever seen anything but tv on a tv, and i thought wow, this is technology. >> the imaginary rockets are controlled by the same chips the u.s. army used in their defense programs. but the significance of the chip does not only lie in gadgets. her whole future will be changed by the silicon chip business. >> it was discovered that yo...

Defense im a big proponent we need to fund our defense department but when you throw away money on top of that you are wasting money you already have. look, there has to be systemic reforms in the way that the country contracts out for defense programs or the way spends money overseas or programs such as. this there is no doubt about it that has to be fixed at the executive level. if its defense department spending they have to be accountable to the secretary of defense. in terms of how that mon...

Wednesday, house arms services chairman buck mckeon spoke about a briefing that detailed the damage done to the u.s. by nsa leaker edward snowden. >> no matter what opinion the american people hold of the nsas data collection programs, they would be shocked and outraged to learn that a substantial amount of the information has nothing to do with the nsa. the damage he has done to our military and national defense programs is not the mark of a whistleblower. he has given our enemies an edge and p...

Washington was that the biggest dubs wore uniforms. and thats because they have seen the face of war and they have been thrown into conflicts only to have political support evaporate behind them. and so being very cautious about the use of force, i think, is incredibly important. right now the biggest threat to our national security, as far as im concerned, is the paralysis in washington and the uncertainty with respect to the defense programs, uncertainty about what kinds of military capabiliti...

Have been thrown into conflicts only to have political support evaporate behind them. and so being very cautious about the use of force, i think, is incredibly important. right now the biggest threat to our national security, as far as im concerned, is the paralysis in washington and the uncertainty with respect to the defense programs, uncertainty about what kinds of military capabilities were going to need for the future, where our record in predicting where we will use military force next is ...

Democrats who argue these safety net programs work. im joined by richard fowler, advocacy director for young democrats for america and john fehry. john, i dont know if you heard senator wicker earlier, he was talking about wanting to get cuts to entitlement programs in part to pay for defense programs. but are studies like this proof, john, that these programs are critical to keeping the poverty rate down? >> well, we do have a need for a social safety net. it also needs to lift people up out of...

And how will those people i just talked about be able to afford a gallon of milk at eight bucks? >> well, they wont be able to. thats whats so sad about this. it seems many in the republican conference dont seem to understand what its like to be poor in america. most of the people receiving food stamps, sure, you have to be below 130% of the poverty line, but a big percentage of those families live at less than half the poverty level. and yet the way the republicans would try to balance our budg...

Responsibility for that? >> i think the history of crisis management goes back longer than this administration, and i think the divisions in congress are -- is as deep as theyve been in modern times. you know, you look at what weve been able to accomplish notwithstanding all the noise. were in a very different place now than we were even in 2011, 2010. our deficit is cut in half as a percentage of the economy from when the president took office. >> arent automatic spending cuts, which the presid...