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Important. these problems are solveable. >> do you see courage out there? >> i see some courage. i would like to see more people coming to the table and saying whether i get elected or not is irrelevant. what is irrelevant is how i deal with the trust i have been given. if people dont tell the american people the truth they are compromising that trust. >> that trust is about to be put to the test. as congress adjourns the american people begin to hear stories of the sequester cuts meant to frigh...

Important. these problems are solveable. >> do you see courage out there? >> i see some courage. i would like to see more people coming to the table and saying whether i get elected or not is irrelevant. what is irrelevant is how i deal with the trust i have been given. if people dont tell the american people the truth they are compromising that trust. >> that trust is about to be put to the test. as congress adjourns the american people begin to hear stories of the sequester cuts meant to frigh...

Im bret baier in washington. the big story here today is the charge from afghanistans president that the u.s. and the taliban are cooperating. tonight on "special report," hamid karzai says the two are working in concert to show that violence in the country will worsen if most coalition troops leave. the accusation comes as new defense secretary chuck hagel concludes the first trip as pentagon chief. fair and balanced debate about the war on terror and the administrations controversial drone pol...

Across the country. >> the sequester is going to shut down control towers at smaller airports. >> 173 are slated to close across the country. >> employees are without jobs after being laid off. federal sequestration is to blame and more budget cuts may come. >> sequester cuts will eliminate $400,000 for public health in louisiana and that means that disaster relief could take a hit. >> have republicans in congress stopped watching their local news? have they stopped reading the paper? i think it...

See the sequester cuts slow the economy with people getting furloughed, its going to have more leverage, unfortunately, to get people to pay attention and make people come to the table again. i think the public starts to be frustrated by slow growth and people filling in their own pocketbooks. it has more of an effect than the president touting his numbers. >> the president suggested sequestration is not going to be solved soon. could it stall the recovery? >> its what they are putting the alarm...

The the program and businesses know it and we saw the unemployment report theyre hiring people so theyre not scared that this is going to cause the next recession. that was the fear lingering in the market, the last year, when the government backs out its going to come to an end, recession, and people on the show for years. it hasnt happened, and not happening and so the government can back out, slowly, but surely and let things go the way they go. >> brenda: okay, today is the four-year anniver...

That, that works for me. >> and my new diet. >> brenda: oh, i like it. coming up, cornerstone of the cost of freedom, cavuto on business. stay tuned. >> . >> neil: well, your tax refund may have to wait, but the government is not waiting one nano second for the presidents health care law. im charles payne in for neil cavuto, whether its the cliff or the sequester cuts to blame, more taxpayers are told theyll have to wait for their money, but a new report shows the irs is going full steam ahead, ...

Criticizing john boehner for allowing these defense cuts within the context of sequester. >> you know what i find pathetic about the whole thing, the leader pelosi, rather, with this nasty youtube video and any other republicans going around town saying the president wants to inflict pain on americans and go out to dinner and i suspect the taxpayers, but is doing anything? the sequester is because they havent done anything in the first place and spectators are watching it and then they go out to...

By higher taxes and the payroll tax on everybody went up and, of course, gasoline prices? >> you are absolutely right. gasoline prices, higher taxes and dont forget the impact of obamacare. what is going on is is a tremendous scramble among workers and employers who employ people say in retail and restaurants in reducing hours to keep penalized from the new government program. there is a lot of things going on. you do obamacare it reduces hiring. >> gregg: the bipartisan policy center predicts t...

Criticizing john boehner for allowing these defense cuts within the context of sequester. >> you know what i find pathetic about the whole thing, the leader pelosi, rather, with this nasty youtube video and any other republicans going around town saying the president wants to inflict pain on americans and go out to dinner and i suspect the taxpayers, but is anyone doing anything? the sequester is because they havent done anything in the first place and spectators are watching it and then they go...