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>> i can say today and i do not fully endorse the budget request. indeed i'm seriously concerned about how we arrived at this point. >> you can't take a half a trillion dollars out of the defense budget. and not encourage additional risk. we believe they are acceptable risk. but there are risks. >> what remains of the fourth in afghanistan will leave by 2014. much of the defense savings in this budget come from the anticipated troop withdrawal. money for the afghan and iraq wars will be slashed by $27 billion to $88.5 billion in 2013. cutting by half the amount spent this year on training and ...

Not fully endorse the budget request. indeed i'm seriously concerned about how we arrived at this point. >> you can't take a half a trillion dollars out of the defense budget. and not encourage additional risk. we believe they are acceptable risk. but there are risks. >> what remains of the fourth in afghanistan will leave by 2014. much of the defense savings in this budget come from the anticipated troop withdrawal. money for the afghan and iraq wars will be slashed by $27 billion to $88.5 billion in 2013. cutting by half the amount spent this year on training and equipping the afghan militar...