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Deployments and we ended up producing hours and getting that next set of deployers ready to go we ended up delaying the deployment of carrier. When you talk about the Global Response force our ability to train our folks and their ability to have that next set ready is very much tied to the budgetary topline. Right now we have two carriers ready to go. We always have two to go. We are building up to a larger Surge Capacity but clearly with sequestration our ability to maintain that projection for...

Issues of this past week. If you want to talk about any of those topics or have another on your mind, give us a call. Host you can also catch up with us on social media on twitter, facebook, or email us. Host a very good friday morning to you. The top issues of the week of become the top issues of friday morning papers. Here are a few of the headlines from the National Papers around the country. Here is front page of the Washington Times republican budget plans will be a tough sell even within t...

Forces there for the nearterm at least. But that when we rely on this, as we have since the end of the cold war, we end up with free rider problems and friends and allies that did not do not fully ante up to what they committed to. I have been arguing for a peace through strength approach, particularly the restoration on the Global Response force capability. We deal with nationstates and transnational actors. Im talking about the former not the latter. This idea of deterrence, deterrence being d...

Are running neck and neck in polk t. south carolina on june 10th, senator lindsey graham will be facing multiple challengers. nobody gets over 50% in that initial round, this will be a runoff. that same day in maine, a challenger to maines republican senator susan collins announced his candidacy earlier this month, erick bennett says it isnt so much about him but about a desire to force a conversation among republicans about senator collins voting record. with 44% of republican primary voters te...

former montana brian sweitzer made huge news on this show a few weeks ago by hinting he intended to run for president. only he is not only following through, i will explain how i think he is the only candidate so far willing to challenge hillary clinton wage. president obama had a lot to say during his press conference yesterday about the revelations this year about the nsa mass monitoring of phone calls. there has been a ton of movement this week to discuss one of the election years a...