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Good morning, everybody. The Committee Meets today to consider the nomination of former senator chuck hagel to be secretary of defense. Before i begin, i want to first welcome senator inhofe as the new ranking republican on our committee, succeeding senator mccain. Senator mccain has been a great partner over the past six years, and i thank him for all the work he has done to get bills enacted, his leadership on a host of issues, his support for the work of this committee, and for always keeping our hearings likely. Lively. Senator inhofe has shown his strong commitment to the National Defense...

Hedge the geopolitical dynamics this morning. We begin with a big shakeup in the Dow Jones Industrial average. Nike and visa replacing alcoa, hp and bank of america in the benchmark index. But the markets dow included still facing head winds. President obama making his case for the nation tonight for action in syria. Mcdonalds samestore sales handily beating expectations with europe leading the charge. And just hours from now apple expected to unveil new versions of its iphone and other select products but could it have Something Else up its sleeve . But well begin with goldman, visa and nike ...

Carl levin chairs the Armed Services committee and makes the Opening Statement. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] good morning, everybody. The Committee Meets today to consider the nomination of former senator chuck hagel to be secretary of defense. Before i begin, i want to first welcome senator inhofe as the new ranking republican on our committee, succeeding senator mccain. Senator mccain has been a great partner over the past six years, and i thank him for all the work he has done to get bills enacted, his leade...

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Caps Mortgage Interest Rate deductions at 750,000. And caps the state and local Tax Deductions at 10,000. Now, on the tax brackets that weve been talking so much about, this actually, this proposal, this bill that they are voting on keeps 7 personal incomes tax brackets. Lowest stays there with 10 . But lowers top individual rate. Down from 39. 6 to now 37 . So a lot of details with massive massive tax overhaul. But again at the end of the day today, republicans looking for a win. Sunlen, thank you so much. Well ta in close contact with you and keep your eyes on the screen here on the house fl...