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Getting bonuses. that is so insane. >> let's hope they paid the taxes on the bonuses at the very least. >> i think there is a little consistency going on here at least. lois lerner has become the face of the irs. she is not going to be held responsible for her actions. why should the people who aren't at her level be held responsible for their actions. if i worked at the irs and wanted a bonus, that's the argument i would make. >> this is like doctors who are cancer doctors and cancer surgeons telling their patients to live a healthy lifestyle and go out smoke. it doesn't happen in the real wo...

That is so insane. >> let's hope they paid the taxes on the bonuses at the very least. >> i tink there is a little consistency going on here at least. lois lerner has become the face of the irs. she is not going to be held responsible for her actions. why should the people who aren't at her level be held responsible for their actions. if i worked at the irs and wanted a bonus, that's the argument i would make. >> this is like doctors who are cancer doctors and cancer surgeons telling their patients to live a healthy lifestyle and go out smoke. it doesn't happen in the real world. they wouldn't...

Active duty soldiers which the army had planned to reduce to 490,000. however, the strategic choices in management review and the qdr both determined that since we are no longer sizing the force for prolonged stability operations, an army of this size is larger than required to meet the demandings of our defense strategy. given the reduced budgets it is also larger than we can afford to modernize and keep ready. we have decided to further reduce active army duty strength to a range of 440 to 450 soldier. >> here with exclusive reaction, former vice president dick cheney, good to talk to you. >...

Announcement today. america is now cutting the military, he is proposing the administration is, to help make us a super power since levels not seen before world war ii. joining me now, chairman of the house armed services committee. mr. chairman, good to see you. and so your reaction to the announcement. we're about 570,000 wartime troops we had at its peak. we were expected to take a cut down to about 490,000. and now chuck hagel announcing today it will be more like 440 to 450,000 in terms of the level. >> thank you for having me on, megyn, you know, this is not news. i've been saying this f...

Opponents. mike emanuel has tonight's top to story. >> with the united states planning to draw down almost all of its forces from afghanistan today, they have planned to slash the number of active duty forces. post-9/11, the army surged. it's now down to 520,000. the army expected to trim to 490,000, and today, secretary of defense chuck hagel announced plans to cut the force to between 440,000 and 450,000 soldiers in the coming years. >> we seek a highly ready and capable army, able to dominate any opponent across the full spectrum of operations. to achieve this, the army must accelerate the ...