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Haw mantarian operations, peacekeeping operations in the balkans. standing guard on the north korean border. all of these are different in the -- than the threats we faced and requirements we faced in the last century and my view remains we ought to be very, very careful before we start shedding missions and asking our military to do less. >> let's take a look at another country's budget, china. when you look at the gdp china comes in right after the united states. i-want to look at military spending. $91.5 billion in 2011. that's almost 1% rise over the year before. the year before, 2010, whe...

good morning. welcome. i'm soledad o'brien. welcome to "starting point." we are coming to you from manchester, new hampshire. we are coming to you live from the airport diner. five day ways from primary day here. our starting point this morning is something that you are bogey to hear on the combine trail today which is the future of the american military. just about four hours president obama will reveal his plan for a slimmed-down force that will no longer be fighting two full-blown ground wars. digging into the details and talking a lot about it this morning. also, mitt romney, doe...

The growth target will be around about 7% annually in china over the next five years. remember, this is a target. rising consumer prices obviously will be high on the agenda at these meetings. and earlier this day state media reported that china will boost its defense budget by nearly 13% in 2011 to $91.5 billion. china is now officially the world's second biggest economy. with us now to help explain what we can expect is the beijing correspondent for the financial times. and an interesting little side light that comes out of this meeting, as well, that china's leadership used to talk about a ...