it's a no win situation for you guys. >> well, we've been here before and it's tragic. you know, post world war ii, post korea, post vietnam, we stripped the department of defense's budgets and we just paid a huge price for it to get it back where it should be. given the global responsibilities we have and what the department of defense does most of the time is deter war. not fight em. keep the thugs and killers off the backs of other people because they know the united states can respond and they know it's strong. people perceive we're weak, they'll take advantage of us. >> but the more you come out and explain to the american people what's at stake, i think the stronger your case is. general jack keane, thank so much for getting up with us this morning. >> glad to be here, brian, as usual. >> ok. coming up straight ahead, mitt romney was looking over his shoulder at herman cain and now he's watching cain run right past him. what's the romney campaign going to do about all that? a member of his staff here next. then we're taking you on a tour