dressing unbalanced approach. they also voted on defense. and passed a huge defense authorization bill, $662 billion. it came short of what president obama wanted, short of what they actually passed for this year. reflecting the fact that the wars in iraq and afghanistan are winding down. president obama has threatened a veto. lynn? >> tracie, thanks so much. elsewhere as herman cain weighs his white house aspirations, the he said/she said continues between the gop presidential candidate ant an atlanta businesswoman, who claims she was his mistress for more than a decade. in a newspaper interview, cain admitted to providing ginger white with financial aid, for monthly bills and expenses after she asked him for help. cain said he never told his wife that he had befriended the georgia woman, recounting what he called a purely platonic relationship. however, in an exclusive interview last night on msnbc's the "last word" white told a