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Troops will be coming back with afghanistan winding down. but the pentagon will have to give up some cherished programs. two potential items? a new replacement for the humvee with a $31 billion price tag and a $28 billion program to replace the bradley troop carrier. with all of these cuts to national security, must the show still go on? >> you're asking me, does it explain opportunity explainable? >> reporter: for outfront, barbara starr, the pentagon. >> we welcome your feedback. outfront next, you the ambassador summoned in spain over allegations of spying. why is america spying on its alli...

Difference. >> better be careful. they may arrest him. >> a look at the "time" magazine. time will be looking at how a $31 billion debate can change gun control. >> interesting. >> let's go to willie for the politico playbook. >> let's go to the executive director. we are hoping to see his son, james, but we will take jim. >> on the subtoday. >> you are the sub. >> i come bearing goodish news. i always feel like i have downer news. i believe we will have a deal. within days to avoid the debt limit and potentially to reopen the government. the reason is there is no formal announcement coming ou...

Kristi walton who i believe is the richest woman in america and they're a combined $136 billion. we all shop at walmart, right? rounding out the top ten, new york city mayor michael bloomberg, $31 billion. perhaps no surprise here, chris, in terms of the young ones, facebook ceo and founder mark zuckerberg, he's the richest american who is under 30 years old at $19 billion. >> wow, unbelievable. >> if he wanted to retire today, he'd never have to work ever, ever again. his children and grandchildren will never have to work again. >> great grandchildren and great great grandchildren can live of...

At this. what concerns me, though, to point to part of what james was saying. that is there may actually be a real problem here, but we're not getting to that because we're playing politics. one of the problems we absolutely know is this issue about a need for increased budget for security for our embassies. let's have that conversation. >> no, because, cakaren, nobodys interested in the fact fiscal year 2012 republicans voted to remove $331 billion from security budgets at international consulate and embassies. nobody is interested in discussing that. that was the year when ambassador stevens...

$600 billion in new deficit reduction. now, in addition, i love it when the white house talks about the $2.5 trillion in deficit reduction so far. that ignores the $831 billion in new stimulus spending, the 24% increase in discretionary domestic spending in its first two years which about $555 billion in additional spending on the baseline. $1 trillion in obama care. $200 billion in the payroll tax holiday. and then several multiple unit -- unemployment insurance extensions. so the 1.8 should be the $2.5 trillion in deficit -- so-called deficit reduction doesn't take into account that it was m...