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>> senator graham, lets talk about politics. is mcconnell on board? >> we are going to support his effort with his plan, but we want an alternative. we are not undercutting mitch, hes not undercutting us. here is the politics. itis hard to take money from the poor to give to the rich. when you combine tax policy and health care policy, its a losing proposition. we are going to leave in place the obama tax increases on the wealthy, but take that money and give it back to the states, rather than g...

Overall strategic agenda? are we missing something here? >> the strategy. one of the things that should be clear to everybody in the united states watching this play out is we have had a pivot to asia, its incomplete, but in the works. we have had a reset with russia in recent years. left in the dust is the u.s./european relationship. in the cold war, we had a strategy bassed on deterrence. today, we have no strategy at all. the defense budget should be a reflection of a strategy. itis hard to h...