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I think both parties are to blame. when speaking at cpac he needs to address both sides not just the president. >> chris: senator brown? >> sequestration. i was told to us that listen we will make this draconian deal that no one wants to see forward and we will get a select committee and do our jobs and we will take care of it and they didnt. revenues were never part of it. it was strictly finding the appropriate cuts and the problem is there is plenty of blame to go around. >> chris: in terms o...

Thanks to our reporting and others he has been forced to step back. >> chris: i loved him saying well, it is not going to be the apocalypse as some people say. he had ray lahood and arnie done canadian and janet napolitano saying it will be an apocalypse. if you you look at the way it has played out i think they have got and little surprised at the fact that there was some pushback in the media and an effective pushback from the republicans about dont overdo how bad this is going to be and numbe...

Washington. >> chris: well, it is groundhog day here in washington as president obama and speaker boehner dig in their heels again about how you to resolve the conflict over those $85 billion in automatic spending cuts and we are back now you with the panel. the next step in all of this bill is that the house is expected to pass a bill this week that will keep funding the government at these new sequestration levels minus the $58 billion cuts keep funding it through september to avoid the govern...

Tried to do the combak room deals it didnt work. if we did it with boehner he couldnt deliver. >> i voted for it. we already did the $1.2 trillion. the president has been out campaigning for the last two or three weeks. he didnt ask him to come to his office until the day the sequestration was going to come into effect. thats not negotiating. thats not coming together thats not putting the country first thats putting politics first thats what we need to step back from. >> on the other hand one o...

Too deep and it is terrible. >> chris: we will get to defense in a men. >> it could be a tactical win for republicans but then they need to look and say that defense is totally inadequate levels for the rest of this year. >> chris: do you think they are crying uncle, two questions that the white house is crying uncle and sequestration saying im willing to sign a bill so we dont have a fight about a government shutdown and secondly part of the bill that the house is talking about putting in is to...

If he wants to be impactful he needs to address both sides not just the president. >> senator brown. >> sequestration revenues are never part of sequestration. i was there i voted for it. listen we are going to make this draconian deal that no one will want to see go forward. ultimately we will get a select committee and do our jobs and dont worry we will take care of it and they didnt. revenues were never a part of it. it was finding the appropriate types. theres plenty of blame to go around. >...

>> depends on what the mix is. general dempsey hit it, what is the mission. he hit it right on the head. if you will have us be in three or four conflicts around the world and cut another half a trillion. tell us the mission and give us the transfer authority and we can make it work short term. next year we will be in the same situation and, once again, our men and women serving deserve better and the american people deserve better. the president it is a dumb idea. it is his idea. and we were to...

Washington. >> chris: well, it is groundhog day here in washington as president obama and speaker boehner dig in their heels again about how you to resolve the conflict over those $85 billion in automatic spending cuts and we are back now you with the panel. the next step in all of this bill is that the house is expected to pass a bill this week that will keep funding the government at these new sequestration levels minus the $58 billion cuts keep funding it through september to avoid the govern...

Washington. >> well, its groundhog day in washington as president obama and speaker boehner dig in their heels again about how to resolve the conflict about the $85 billion in automatic spending cuts. we are back now with the panel. the next step in all of this bill is the house is expected to pass a bill this week that will keep funding the government at these new sequestration levels minus the $85 billion cuts. keep finding it through september to avoid the government shut down that we would g...

Is. as general dempsey hit it what is the mission? if you tell us what the mission is give us the transfer authority what are we doing next year the same situation next year. men and women serving deserve better the american people deserve better. it is time for leadership with the president. its a dumb idea. its his idea. we were told in fact this never happened. sequestration is never going to happen. what do we do now? continue to throw bombs at each other or solve the problem. lets have pizz...