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Recognize the significance of that, thomas. if he is to be nominated as he will be just about an hour and a half from now and then confirmed, he would become the first grunt, as it were, the first enlisted soldier and vietnam veteran, purple heart war hero, decorated from his time in service, to go on to be the secretary of defense. the way the white house sort of views this right now is two-fold. one, they see him despite the criticisms as a man who wore the uniform who can stand up to those ge...

Should gear up and be prepared for the brink of a government shutdown, being pushed to the edge once again? and if youre saying that wall street is causing this, arent you guys sending wall street the message of the fact that the government is going to be shut down, the debt ceiling issue is going to be a problem, were not going to pay our bills and were going to potentially have more damage to our credit rating? no. thats not my point. absurd that any republican or anybody united states absolut...

Signaled a mild openness to closing loopholes. do democrats smell blood in the water here? and is that where this potential is coming from, to keep these talks open and running? >> well, thomas, its not smelling blood in the water. what it is is looking at reality. and the reality is that we have growing wealth and income inequality in america. people on top in large corporations doing phenomenally well. middle class disappearing. poverty levels at an all-time high. what we know is one out of fo...