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We have had 17,000 killed and wounded in afghanistan. we spent $345 billion, so listening to karzai run out on tv and accentuate this is pretty hard to take. i think we have got to put it in context. this is not abu graibh. this was a policy that reached into the secretary of defense's office and general officers. this is four young marines who need their buns kicked and the battalion needs some retraining. >> when you're on a sniper team, you're an elite marine, are you not? >> sure, but life in a rifle company in combat is pretty darn brutal, particularly in afghanistan. so these marines are...

Only 345 billion, not even a trillion. i'm sorry, 352 million, not a billion. >> 352, correct. >> then you went on to say that's not courage, that's capitulation. and you said we didn't elect you to -- the singing titanic. pretty strong words. >> and i say with due respect they got elected with the promise that they would reign in government growth and the overreach and the overborrowing and overspending that president obama has embraced. we can't afford to have any of the g.o.p. in there or the old blue dog democrats, the reagan democrats be a part of obama's very radical agenda that's puttin...

Tax havens? >> well, you're being logical, arianna and you can't expect this town to get all logical at once. but going after this tax gap, and there's about $345 billion annually that's owed, but not collected. and much of it is in exactly the shelters that you're talking about. so when people talk about revenue, when people talk about raising taxes, the first thing i want to do is make sure that the government comes down with hobnail boots on these kinds of ripoffs and shelters you're talking about. we had a hearing today in the senate finance committee, chairman baucus said he was going to ...

President trump's tariffs on steel andthey're tariffs on pork, cheese and bourbon. this will hurt american workers. >> also consumers. this is theest salvo in e trade war, brianna, that's getting hotter and hotter. mexico will sling the retaliatory tariffs against goods that it gets from the u.s. these are$3 billion. they include products from the u.s. including pork, apples, bourbon, cheese, potatoes and the list goes on and so i you're a consumer you'll probably begin to notice this in the grocery store. mind, mexico second biggest market for u.s. exports. mexico buys $345 billion of u.s. go...

Those who fact checked it, it was only 345 billion -- i'm sorry 352 million not a billion. >> right. >> sean: then you went on to say that that's not courage, that's capitulation. and you say we didn't elect you just to rearrange the deck chairs on a sinking titanic. pretty strong words for a fellow -- for fellow republicans. >> right, i say it with all due respect to those republicans, they got elected with that promise they would rein in government growth on the over reach andover borrowing andover spending that president obama has embraced. we can't an -- we can't afford to have the reagan ...