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$490,000 right up until this year before she announced her presidential bid. so this story is gaining some traction here. interestingly, it seems to be yet another way her failed 2010 senate race is coming back to potentially highlight what you might call lessons learned or casting a shadow over this race. we saw back in 2010, when she ran against barbara boxer for that senate seat, not just, for example, this issue with her campaign debt sort of not being immediately paid off, but also the attacks that boxer ran against her then, highlighting and really framing her record as the ceo of hewlet...

>> reporter: the general is most worried about the deep cuts to the army which has gone from 570,000 troops to 490,000 due to budget cuts and political decisions. >> under your leadership the last fourees, the army has been cut by 75,000 soldiers since you became chief. now just before you leave, 40,000 more are being cut. how can you cut the size of the force with all of these emerging threats? >> i believe that the time we could do that but i said was on the razor's edge that we could actually do our mission at 450. that was before russia asserted itself and before isis asserted itself. so w...

>> reporter: the general is most worried about the deep cuts to the army which has gone from 570,000 troops to 490,000 due to budget cuts and political decisions. >> under your leadership the last fourees, the army has been cut by 75,000 soldiers since you became chief. now just before you leave, 40,000 more are being cut. how can you cut the size of the force with all of these emerging threats? >> i believe that the time we could do that but i said was on the razor's edge that we could actually do our mission at 450. that was before russia asserted itself and before isis asserted itself. so w...

>> an exclusive interview with army chief of staff. the general asked about the impact of cuts to our military and growing concerns about threats from isis and others. jennifer is live in the pentagon with more. >> reporter: hi, jenna. the army chief sat down with the last interview before he retires after 39 years in the army and he's worried that the army is so small it is not deterring our enemies. >> i believe they question whether we will be able to respond and they are willing to take more risks than they would. we don't have the capacity to deter. the reason we have a military is to det...

Past four years due to budget cuts and political decision. the army cut more troops last week. >> you talk about the threats and yet the army is downsizing and under your leadership. the army is cut by 75000 soldiers and now just before you leave 40000 more are cut. how can you cut the size of a force with with all of these emerging threats. >> i believe at the time we could do it. it was on the razor edge that we could do our mission at 450 and that was before russia and isis asserted their self. with russia and isis more of a threat. on my mind we are on a dangerous balancing act right now w...