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They need to say we are letting them go because its a new policy. not because of the budget. they have $100 million in unincumbered fund. >> we didnt make this up. this isnt come up poof out of thin air. the illegal immigrants were let go, the day of or the day prior to sequestion trace. it was janet napolitano that mentioned it in one of the discussions about the effects of sequestions ration. she mentioned it. its not like we made it up. it may have been going on for a while. they tie the ille...

We give you the job of defending harry reid. >> greg: toughest job in world. >> bob: top official at the pentagon came out and said reid did not mean to suggest that there was something about sequestions ration that caused this particular death. having said that, the timing could havent been worse. he finds a way to get in these situations and then spend two or three news cycles to get out. sequestions ration is beginning to impact on places around the country. with focus on this, and this exace...

Unincumbered fund. >> we didnt make this up. this isnt come up poof out of thin air. the illegal immigrants were let go, the day of or the day prior to sequestion trace. it was janet napolitano that mentioned it in one of the discussions about the effects of sequestions ration. she mentioned it. its not like we made it up. it may have been going on for a while. they tie the illegals they let go to sequestration. randy forbes is on that committee also and he and trey gazzi did a great job to dril...

This is soluble. the president is the up with who ought to propose it. he wont. he is looking for a fight. not a solution. secondly look at this in perspective. in terms of the gross domestic product of our economy this is .03 of -- this is a third of 1%. on the domestic side, 2.5 cents on the dollar. this is a penny-and-a-half on the dollar of reduction. a debt of $16 trillion and the argument today is if we cut a penny-and-a-half on nondefense spending in a year its the end of the world. if so...

>> what is likely to happen, likely to be pushing it back a few months. im opposed to pushing it back to a great period. we have to stop kicking the can down the road. >> neil: argument is delaying it because of the economy and were weaker than we were then. >> the sequestions ration is stupid. we had a -- see questions tration is a stupid idea. my position has been constant. >> neil: nowen is running away with it. >> i didnt agree with it. >> neil: you know it was agreed to and everyone signed ...

Then would also suggest they would be paying the legal costs. its outrageous -- if it ends up being exactly as we understand it to be, its outrageous. i cant manual how they thought they would get away with it. ill be interested to see if it becomes a bigger story in the next few days. >> bret: juan? >> i think its clearly political. i think the obama administration here wants to avoid scaring people or creating defense industry a major industry in this country. sense of panic about what may hap...

And moving to thompson facility in illinois. its not happening. save it for another day. the sequester, contractors under the warn act, which is law, it said that contractors must give employers, employees rather 60 days notice if they are going to have layoffs now. with the sequestions ration looming -- sequestration looming they are looking to lay off hundreds of workers. the obama administration doesnt want the defense contractors to do that. omb is saying they will pay the contractors legal ...

That is a very bad outcome. i think he raises completely valid points and one way though i agree with what charles is saying undoing the sequestration down the road an area that would be immediate negative impact that would be unfortunate. >> im concede it would be a waste of time to plan for a sequestration that is not going to happen. but its a lot less damaging than actual sequestions ration, which even the democratic secretary of defense said it would be devastating. >> shannon: i want to me...

Reform. you lower the rates, you eliminate the loopholes which essentially the rich are paying. and you get tax reform, lower rates, higher revenues. >> shannon: lets talk about the sequestration issue if it happens. you feel confident they would go around it if it happens. buck republican congressman with the house armed services committee wrote a letter to the cochairs of the super committee saying if sequestions ration were to occur the impact on the national security, men and women in unifor...

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