proposing excludes the pentagon, excludes the military. there are some budget cuts, though, in the pentagon, though, right? >> reporter: that's right, the c-17 aircraft, which congress had been funding even though the department of defense had more than 2 years ago said they no longer needed it. they had their order, they didn't need it, it kept being funded because obviously tiffs critical to jobs and these constituents, so today what the president is proposing is that cutting off funding for this c-17, saying it's not needed, they don't want it, and this could save about $3.5 billion. >> it underscores, though, the problem that any president has, president can make a proposed budget recommendation, but in the end it's congress that makes the final decisions, they can do what they want. dan, thanks very much. let's go over to dana bash, our senior congressional correspondent. you're there in a room where