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Wants to shrink them down to pre-world war ii troop levels. im going to take advantage of it. do you see that connect or is it overstated? >> well, again, i think you have to try to get inside president putins head. hes trying to asse assert international leadership and restore russia to a position of real international power. he sees the united states for various reasons as a useful foil. and hes pursuing that in lots of ways. you just mentioned some of them. >> lara, if youll indulge the busin...

We have julie and jetta dia here. they hoped to pass cap-and-trade back in the early 2000. the administration tried to take on dm on increasing authority and now the court is getting to give their opportunity on if they have that ability. if they win the case, it could be a large precedent for the epa. >> i am relieved they are addressing the executive order of this. we have heard much about obamas executive order and he has let fewer than any other president than pre-world war ii. but there is ...

Going down to pre-world war ii numbers. and anybody looking at that knows it is far too much. >> we know people in different parts of the country that have pet projects that are defense related are always willing to go to the mat to protect the employment numbers. is that at play in terms of what is being cut and what is being allowed to be built? >> there are things that will be protected at the expense of others. we are using ship, planes and significant fighting organizations in the army. i d...

Cut certain benefits for military families and retirees. i think both parties on capitol hill are likely to respond pretty negatively to that. >> numbers wise, the army was down to 520,000. expected to go down to 490,000. now the cuts are supposed to take it down to 440,000 or roughly in there for the u.s. army. that would be the lowest amount, the cut to the force, since pre-world war ii. significant cut to the army. and obviously, thats going to have some pushback on capitol hill. >> well, it ...

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Raise nonurgent health care limits, limit housing allowances. get rit of the a-10 thunder bolts. cut the number of ships. tell lockheed not to make anymore of the u-2 high altitude planes. were cutting manpower down to pre-world war ii. are you comfortable with this? >> absolutely not. this is national security. its all being if you will, on the alternatives. this president cannot take on mandatory spending. all we have done in the congress and this president is basically cut discretionary spend...

It basically says this is too hard for us. give us a package where all i have to do is vote it up or vote it down and i dont have to take any personal responsibility for any of the tough decisions. so now were left with this sort of damaclese hanging over the government, hanging over defense, and if these cuts are automatically made, i think that the results for our national security will be -- will be catastrophic. >> and the reason he says that is because then they go into the sequestration ph...

Whats happened in syria right now bleeds into jordan, you might as well fold up your risk table board because youve lost the game. the only thing that is keeping the middle east somewhat tethered to the ground is jordan. that is our moderate progressive society that we look to hold some forth of allegiance with. when you look at israel right now -- last time i checked israel was still an ally. this administration has got to uphold some sort of relationship with israel. and syria right now allowi...

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