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A >> bret: on the flip side, you have a lot of hawks up on capitol hill who said this defense budget does not go far enough. senator mccain, max thornberry, a lot of them saying because president obama's administration, the military was cut by 20% while the world is dangerous, they say they want to see defense budget of $640 billion red is there a possibility this gets changed as the administration goes forward? >> sure there is, the next step in the process is to have the house go to the appropriate patient process, and the spending process, what we've communicated to the house and senate, th...

This 10% increase isn't enough. they're talking about on capitol hill 640 billion. they have their allies on capitol hill. >> john mccain for example, right? >> they want combat brigades ready. three out of 15 brigades are what the pentagon says are combat ready. are they ready to fight tonight, can they ship out tomorrow morning? you'll see republicans on the house side making the case that the pentagon actually needs m e more. >> hans nichols joining us.

And, jennifer, the defense department looks like the big winner this budget. >> reporter: welsh it does, melissa. before we get to the budget, i want to give you something that just happened here at the pentagon. the saudi deputy crown prince just said on camera remarks that he would be willing to put saudi troops on the ground in syria to fight against isis. the question was shouted by pentagon producer lucas tomlinson just moments ago. we'll turn that tape when we get it. now, in terms of the budget, the republican heads of the house and senate armed services committee don't think the white ...

>> there's always going to be a big battle on the budget question. i disagree with that, this is not a huge increase, it was a sufficient increase. not just mccain and others, i think you'll hear this from the house armed services committee, from rank-and-file republicans who say, we can't afford to have a budget that spends just a minor increase, 3% more than president obama did in his last year. you're going to have a much more substantial increase. the other stuff is big. but this increase is not enough. have john mccain and lindsey graham and others saying, this has got to be $640 billion,...

>> there's always going to be a big battle on the budget question. i disagree with that, this is not a huge increase, it was a sufficient increase. not just mccain and others, i think you'll hear this from the house armed services committee, from rank-and-file republicans who say, we can't afford to have a budget that spends just a minor increase, 3% more than president obama did in his last year. you're going to have a much more substantial increase. the other stuff is big. but this increase is not enough. have john mccain and lindsey graham and others saying, this has got to be $640 billion,...