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Medicaid spending, $541 billion in tax cuts for the wealthy, and then a $321 billion deficit reduction. that could work in republicans' favor. >> sure. >> when you look at all of this, what comes to minds about what's really change -- comes to mind about what's really changed debate as we watch republicans take their stand, you know, mostly against or just sort of on the fence about where they are with this legislation? >> i think that a lot of people had hoped that some of the provisions in the senate bill would make some of the uninsurance projections change a lot from the house bill. we hav...

These are our families that are being impacted, so let's please get it right. >> reporter: the number of gop senators currently opposed to the legislation has grown to six, with at least three others expressing concerns, leadership can only afford to lose two votes to pass the bill. >> my state is a medicaid extension state, and so we have a lot of issues. >> reporter: the cbo report also estimates that over the decade, the senate bill would reduce the national deficit by $321 billion. largely by slashing medicaid funding by $772 billion, leaving 15 million fewer americans covered under medica...

>> reporter: the number of gop senators currently opposed to the legislation has grown to six, with at least three others expressing concerns. leadership can only afford to lose two votes to pass the bill. >> my state is medicare expansion state, and so we have a lot of issues. >> reporter: the cbo report also estimates that over the decade the senate bill would reduce the national deficit by $321 billion, largely by slashing medicaid funding by $772 billion, leaving 15 million fewer americans covered under medicaid, hitting older and lower income enrollees the hardest, while providing a $541 ...

Now, the thought was to kit fat and tailer changes to highlight smaller, elite operation. many worry it has gone into the muscle and bone. cnn's pentagon correspondent barbara star has more. >> good morning, chris. the pentagon was going to ask congress for 5$541 billion in spending. now they're going to ask for just 496 billion. chuck hagel is making one thing clear. nearly 13 years of war footing is over. >> after iraq and afghanistan, we are no longer sizing the military to conduct long and large stability operations. >> it will now focus more on special operations, cyber war and high tech ...

I'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." the pushback already is beginning against the dramatic new pentagon budget cuts proposed today. the defense secretary chuck hagel unveiled a blueprint for a leaner, more modern military that refrekts the ending of america's longest war. taxpayers would save billions of dollars. but opponents are already raising red flags about the potential cost to troops, national security and the overall economy. let's go to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. she has the details the. >> reporter: wolf, what are we really talking about here? the pentago...