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Engaged in commerce all over the world. that requires freedom of the seas. the problems of drug trafficking, problems of privacy, the problems of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, all of these things require that we have a capable navy. and, the fact that the navy is shrinking is an important, serious subject that merited a thoughtful, serious, important discussion. and all it got was a dismissive, arrogant answer from the president by someone who has never served in the military...

Know you havent been in a position to actually execute foreign policy, but every time youve offered an opinion, youve been wrong. >> reporter: to be fair, mr. obama hoped to negotiate a status of forces agreement that would have allowed up to 10,000 troops to stay in iraq after 2011, but the talks failed. meanwhile, a huge issue in places like battleground virginia, the massive defense cuts due to begin on january 2nd. after governor romney charged the half billion in defense cuts as making our ...

Blunt, governor romneys senate a liaison. general clark, i want to talk about this head-to-head battle that we watched last night. when it came to the issue of whether or not were going to cut $500 billion out of our military, now, up until last evening we all thought that these cuts were going to happen at the 31st of december unless you get a deal. now, this is what the president said last night thats getting headlines now. roll this. >> first of all, the sequesters not something i proposed, i...

Issue? >> reporter: well, jon, its a huge list of items that are now being saved until after election day. lets take a look. the sequester, those automatic cuts as part of last years debt deal, income taxes, rates go up, the marriage penalty is due to return, the alternative minimum tax which would effect millions more people, the estate tax, size will drop. the rates on taxable estates will jump. capital rates and dividends will increase. social security payroll taxes due to a jump from 4.2% to...

One, the sequester happen. number two, see the country go over the cliff. it takes until deadline for something to happen. i dont believe sequester will move forward. i think we need a balanced approach. i agree with my colleague its going to take the election to determine that. >> for a quick update on the sequester, the white house has promised by today, they have said this multiple times, by today they will release the list of the proposed cuts in defense publicly as passed by the house. i wa...

>> im not confident at all. listen, the house has done its job on both the sequester and on the looming tax hikes that will cost our economy some 700,000 jobs. the senate, at some point, has to act. and on both of these, wheres the president? wheres the leadership? absent without leave. >> boehner has essentially washed his hands of his problems, saying house republicans have done their job. talk about absent without leave. after next week, congress may not reconvene until after the election, lo...

the dow is up 217 points, the reason, the jobs numbers for july was better than anyone was looking for. the total number, 163,000 jobs created last month. as you can see, the prediction was 100,000. we need about 125,000 jobs created per month, just to keep up with population growth. so this report does that. but look at the rest of the year. i mean, we havent been able to clear that hurdle since march. its been a really grim stretch. so there was a little bit of relief today. the bott...

erin burnett. and the market looking for the slightest bit of good news, and got a little bit today and surged. the dow is up 213 point, the reason, the jobs numbers for july was better than anyone was looking for. the total number, 163,000 jobs created last month. the prediction was 100,000. we need about 125,000 jobs created per month, just to keep up with population growth. so this report does that. but look at the rest of the year. i mean, we havent been able to clear that hurdle s...

erin burnett. and the market looking for the slightest bit of good news, and got a little bit today and surged. the dow is up 213 point, the reason, the jobs numbers for july was better than anyone was looking for. the total number, 163,000 jobs created last month. the prediction was 100,000. we need about 125,000 jobs created per month, just to keep up with population growth. so this report does that. but look at the rest of the year. i mean, we havent been able to clear that hurdle s...

Entirely different have not yet read 50 shats of grey. bill: apparently ladies say youre missing something. just saying. the time is moving on a major decision that could dramatically affect americas ability to defend itself. it has republicans pushing their democratic counterparts and the president to act now, before thousands of americans get pink slips. senator lindsey graham put it this way to me just yesterday. >> i think our commander-in-chief is sitting on the sidelines trying to avoid a ...