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(Archived document, may contain errors) 653 June 1,1988 RETHINKING U.S. FOREIGN AID INTRODUCTION The United States gives away some $15 bi llion in foreign aid every year, about eight times the sum appropriated annually for its food welfare program for Women, Infants and Children WIC) and four times that for the Strategic Defense Initiative. Much of this foreign aid goes to support avowed ad versaries of the U.S. and hostile "nonaligned nations.

>> welcome back to "morning joe." were here in nbcs washington bureau, as you take a live look at the white house. pat buchanan is still here in washington along with willie geist and mike barnicle in new york and joining the table, pulitzer prize winning editor of the "washington post," bob woodward. >> we will talk about that press conference. youve done remarkable reporting on the raid. first, you came in talking about the debt. >> debt ceiling. >> you were concerned as well. how quickly this...

Vfw posts, house party and to remind mitt romney, there is a new guy in the state, hes going to wolfboro on lake pinsaki, governor romneys summer home, his final event. >> what is his message, how does he break through? what is jon huntsman about and how is he different from the other guys? what is it? >> weve gotten a little preview of that because former utah governor huntsman just back as ambassador to china, huntsman has been meeting with people in washington, done a couple receptions and a ...

Side with air force one. >> my gosh. seven foot dive, they were escorts from the syrian government. went into a dive but the great ralph albertaze was flying that plane. a middle east trip, one of the weapons, i think an uzi fell out and, bam, a single shot went off right on the plane? >> wow. >> we have video of you when we went to the reagan library. that was cool. >> i think i was reading a book on the way home and everybody else was sacked out, is that the one? >> 2 million egyptians cant be...

These leaders are not serious, still trying to get off easy. >> some cant go home again if they do certain things. republicans, 235 of these guys have signed a pledge, no new taxes, okay? you have the democratic party, burn for taking 500 billion out of medicare the last time, are they glowing to go home and tell constituents we had to cut medicaid and medicare and social security had to be cut a little bit as well. those are the people that sent them to washington for those programs, are those ...

A terrible message, not only to voters, i think it sends a terrible message to the markets. everybody is saying this is the responsible thing to do, ill say again, i voted against raising the debt ceiling to $5 trillion just, you know, 10, 12, 15 years ago. i was told at the time, that was an irresponsible thing to do. at some point, continuing to raise the debt ceiling without having serious cuts actually becomes the reckless thing to do -- >> doesnt the conversation need start sooner. isnt thi...

So quickly that theres no recovery at that point. when it happens, it strikes like a thief in the night, like lehman brothers, where you have people scrambling. guess what. there will be no bailout this time. the fed will not be able to come to the rescue. goldman sachs wont be able to come to the rescue, warren buffet wont be able to come to the rescue. when the collapse comes, it comes immediately. that may be taken, 15 years from now, it may be next year, we dont know. thats why we have to ge...

Theres got to be preparation for the gotchas. thats what the mainstream is known for today. im saying we should ignore the mainstream leftist medias criticism of what it is we say in an sfwer view. if we believe what we say, dont let them make us change our position. newt gingrichs position because he articulated it is paul ryans plan would be social engineering and he didnt like it. i believe he made the apology because of the media. dont let the mainstream media dictate what the debate is goin...

Washington outsider. he is a washington outsider. he lives not in washington d.c. but the most exclusive suburb of the greater washington area, a suburb inmy mika brzezinski was raised and pat buchanan now lives most comfortably. >> that this is most self-aware spokesperson i have ever heard. >> an outsider. >> i run into him all the time in tiffanys, joe. good stuff. >> there you go. heres another member of the washington cocktail circuit going after newt. >> all right. enough. >> pat buchanan ...

Goes deeper in debt. these people in washington are not serious about balancing the budget. theyre not serious at the white house, theyre not serious on capitol hill, theyre not serious about getting us out of this debt crisis. if they were, we wouldnt pass these scams that we are passing and these budgets and these budget deals. theyre jokes! >> america is some distance from -- were not greece, which is right on the precipice, but were some distance from that cliff. everybody knows it. its out ...