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Developed, tom donnelly, when he spoke at the asian society, the national security adviser and president obama in his statement in february about the nuclear test made it very clear what our position is. as a country and as a government. and that is, commitment to the allies and commitment to insure that north korea has a path out of this corner that its continually patientsing itself into, with this bellicose rhetoric to invoke one of my long-time favorite bands, one ought to say, dont believe ...

Of course they first got a nuclear weapon, at least the reports ive seen was 2006, after the sanctions, of course, and under president george w. bush. >> thats right. we talked to deinfectors who worked on their missile program. i talked to the top propaganda minister who defected through china. they all indicated that the regime if its faced with those types of sanctions cannot get the hard currency and cannot sustain the support. and so i would go back to what was tried briefly in 2005 because...

Ive been in north korea. theyre all fending for themselves. the money goes into their weapons programs. and thats why it should be curtailed. thats why the bank accounts should be shut down. >> all right. thank you very much, chairman. we appreciate your time. of course, well be following that to see if sanctions will be enough or if the united states will have to do more. if the u.s. is willing to do more. still to come, is the alleged colorado movie theater shooter about to avoid the death p...

Worked? of course they first got a nuclear weapon, at least the reports ive seen was 2006, after the sanctions, of course, and under president george w. bush. >> thats right. we talked to deinfectors who worked on their missile program. i talked to the top propaganda minister who defected through china. they all indicated that the regime if its faced with those types of sanctions cannot get the hard currency and cannot sustain the support. and so i would go back to what was tried briefly in 2005...

To kill americans. north korea is escalating its nuclear saber rattling. the north koreans are also threatening a nuclear attack against the u.s. following missile and atomic weapons tests last month. a north korean government video shows whats suppose to be a missile blowing up new york city. thats the news report there. the white house says the u.s. is fully capable of defending against a north korean ballistic missile strike. the u.n. security council unanimously approved tough new sancti...

Koreas nuclear ties to iran whose weapons programs are also great concern to the united states. the united nations security council scheduled to meet this morning at 9:00 a.m. eastern time to address the situation. as always, north korea you have to watch closely to see what china does. they have mixed feelings about how to deal with the problem. around 2:00 a.m. washington time, president obama issued a statement in his own name reading in part, "this is a highly provocative act that undermines...

Proegs or authorization legislation and the administration asked the house it reconsider the fee proposals which are essential for dod to successfully address rising personnel costs. are there ways to responsibly make those cuts without cutting health care benefits? >> i think so, i think that we, you the dod is going to have to cut 500 million dollars and potentially a trillion, if not mistaken, but there are different ways to cut responsibly, whether its programs, weapons programs or potential...

Will go forward. we are waiting for remarks from the pentagon right now about major budget cuts to the nations defense budget. soon there may be fewer boots on the ground in favor of this. more unmanned drones in the sky. in fact defense secretary leon panetta plans to call for the fleet of unmanned drones to increase by 30% while some weapons programs and forces will be cutback. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has more. >> reporter: defense secretary leon panetta and the chairm...

Members. major weapons programs will be cut back or eliminated. for the first time in nearly 20 years, active duty military and retirees will be forced to pay more for health care benefits. >> jim miklaszewski reporting for us there. as we said, the army would face a 14% reduction in troops. republican chairman of the house armed services committee responded to the presidents plan saying the president has packaged our retreat from the world. the guise of a new strategy to mask his divestment o...

this tax cut for the american people and jeopardizing our economic growth. >> north koreas newly declared great successor steps to the forefront. kim jong un views his father. it is the first time the 20-something-year-old has appeared in public since his fathers death. he has inherited the north korean leadership, including its weapo nuclear arsenal. many around the world are worried about how hes going to lead. state-run tv continues to show pictures like these, north koreans weeping...