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Revolutions. we began to see signs of economic recovery here at home, even as too many americans are still struggling to get ahead. >> the president is struggling to finish up last-minute business. today, in fact, he just signed into law the national defense authorization act which is a huge $662 billion measure that authorized funding for everything from the war in afghanistan to new weapons program for the pentagon, all kinds of things. it also specifies how a terrorist detainees are treated in the united states. the president issued what's called a signing statement, kind of giving his opin...

Your point is very well taken. kellian conway, thanks for taking the time. >> thank you and happy new year. >> gregg: you, too. fox news is your home base for the iowa caucuses. tomorrow night, 8:00 p.m. eastern and american election headquarters special preview on tuesday's race hosted by bret baier live, megyn kelly. we'll have special coverage. caucuses this tuesday beginning at 6:00 p.m. eastern right here on the fox news channel. >> heather: president obama signing a $662 billion defense bill into law, but not without reservation. the president saying that he has serious concerns about pr...

Defense apparatus, $662 billion or more than the 2011 budget's proposed spending on medicare, the fda, the national institute for health, the centers for disease prevent and control and the national park service, crop insures, the fbi, the dea, federal prison system, global health, the federal aviation and highway and railroad administration, the environment tam administration and nasa combined for those scoring at home. this year's defense policy bill attracted controversy and scrutiny for provisions it contains for people deemed suspected terrorists. three provisions that have attracted wide...

Believes it's a better country on the 15th of december 2011 than it was on the 20th of march, 2003 when the war began. listen to judy. >> better in terms of infrastructure probably not. better in terms of the potential for a brighter future, absolutely. i mean, saddam hussein is gone. 30 years of tyranny are over. his sons who were even crazier than he was will never rule that country. iraq stands just a shot now at a deincident is progressive stable future. that's more than they had before. >> a shot at a better future but much will now depend on the strength of iraq's security forces and, sh...

Them in a better position in order to succeed over the long term. short term, folks are still hurting. >> you can see barbara walters' full interview with the president and mrs. obama on a "20/20" holiday special. december 23. >> another barbara walters exclusive. you go, ms. walters. well, there is an agreement to keep the government running through next september. democrats and republicans put aside much of their partisan bickering to reach the funding agreement. without it government agencies would have had to shut down friday night. there is also progress on the payroll tax cut extension...