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At the same time every veteran understands there is fat to be cut from the defense department. lets reform it. the nature of these sequester cuts is to take a meat ax to the budget. lets reform the defense budget and look at the largest drivers of our deficit in mandate spending programs those on the left end of the spectrum dont want to cut. >>brian: they took gates cuts and are going try to up them by $500 billion. leon panetta takes over from them. has the same fear. heres what he said yester...

Why would you do that? >>brian: that is inaccurate. it is the president who proposed these sequester cuts. this isnt congress doing that. and republican fear about these cuts, would you say thats accurate? >> i would say its accurate. there is a growing resignation to them on the hill for some reason. i was there two weeks ago. everyone seems resigned to the fact this is going to happen and the administration is pointing the finger back at congress. and i think everyone needs to look at where th...

Ships that couldnt sail. for he have tank we had sitting one next to it that we cannibalized. the worst thing we took it out on military personnel, wounded warriors, homeless veterans. were starting to see it now. the sequester cuts will have cuts in health care benefits. they will be cutting back on, you know, on the benefits that our wounded wars i dont remembers and retirees have. were doing it again. not just the equipment maintenance and the operations of our armed forces but on the actual ...

Didnt we have more military assets available to come to the assistance of the consulate? some people think that we could have gotten there, actually had the air force command, had the military command to help the consulate. others say they were a position too far away. i think it is important for him to say what are we doing for the future to make sure if an embassy or consulate does come under attack we can get military assets there to provide assistance to those americans who are under attack....

States, if that comes to pass in afghanistan, there are real concerns that a lot of people have about the united states right now. to say nothing of all of the costs related to our returning soldiers and the sort of care that theyre going to need. >> you know, whats so fascinating, steve rattner, talking about the debate, im actually hearing from conservative republicans in the house that theyre thinking about letting the sequester cuts go through on defense. its actually the president of the un...

Put party or country before primary? >> that doesnt apply to these folks. we say to the term "chuckle heads" sort of in a joking manner, but thats what they are referred to now. this apocalyptic group, which will not move forward on anything, and because the margins are smaller now, you see that in the house of representatives. what i find fascinating is the democrats ability to hold their members and say, look, lets try and splinter the house gop. lets try and make them seem extreme. if you put...

Within the republican house, republican caucus who actually agree with him on the sense that you dont play with the debt ceiling as the point to which to make cuts. there are other issues coming up like the continuing resolution and sequester cuts where they would like to make their last stand there for cutting getting spending cuts and allow on temporary extension without not much attached to it. >> heather: lets talk about the economy. the president starts his new term. less than 1% rate it as...

For country and for the year. the housing starts were up 28.1%. the dow returned to positive territory, gaining 85. jobless application hit five-year low. layoff of seasonal blows were not as large as expected. house republicans are huddling in southern virginia. to come up with a strategy over the drama over the debt ceiling. continuing resolution and sequester cuts. one of them admits its a tough situation for them. >> there is no celebration in the fact we are a nation of $16 trillion in de...

Those automatic sequester cuts are both set to hit around march 1st if these negotiations cant be worked out. stand by. shep? >> shepard: shannon bream on capitol hill. shannon. college kids love themselves lots. more and more college students are saying they are the best of the best in a trend thats been going in the upward direction in the decades. based on annual survey of their personal opinions. it shows nearly 75% of college freshman say they are above average in their abilities and their ...

>> according to the treasury department we have exceeded the debt ceiling. treasury department can keep from defaulting for roughly two months and automatic sequester cuts would kick in if that matter isnt resolved by then. >> bret: shannon, thank you. >> the administration spent more on immigration enforcement in the last fiscal year than it did on all other law enforcement agencies combined. a washington think tank that he dropped $18 billion on customs enforcement, border protection and u.s. ...