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Budget, this sort of thing. i believe my desire would be to say everything is in the base budget except for something that legitimately pops up that couldn't be anticipated. but at the same time, we are not in a position there to dictate that. and the bottom line, we will come to you with what is necessary and then support this committee and the congress in justifying it and making certain we have your confidence we're spending every dollar for what we should be spending it on, something we cannot do right now, i'm aware of. but that's my goal in this effort. and i don't have a solution for wh...

It is one of the reasons everybody in america is so disgusted with us that we can't be honest with the american people about the needs of our country and come together in a bipartisan way to meet them in a way that is responsible in terms of the way that we budget and spend money. tell me how you intend on addressing this important issue going forward. >> senator, the need for our country to maintain a self-and secure nuclear deterrent, a concisive conventional force while maintaining an irregular capability is misunderstood and i kn it is by this committee. but how to then translate that into...

Are changing their tax status so they can get the return of no -- paying no income taxes, i think that's the increase in the businesses that we've seen, they just changed their filings. >> so people are changing their filing because taxes on small businesses were zeroed out or cut dramatically? you're seeing people now file as small businesses if they can, so they can get the tax benefit? >> that's correct. and that's why i think it's rather disingenuous to think we had an increase in businesses in fact it's just existing businesses that have changed their tax status. >> you're a teacher, is t...

Of separate funding that we voted for each year. this budget that we're talking about is our base budget. that is the troops, the navy, the air force that has been protecting us since world war ii. they kept the sea lanes open around the world. they're just taken for granted. and enough is enough. >> well, they say that the army chief of staff, the general said he would be okay with a force of 450. so that is about where we're going. but on the other hand, our old defense secretary bob gates said these levels would be catastrophic. so we shall see. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for...

Of separate funding that we voted for each year. this budget that we're talking about is our base budget. that is the troops, the navy, the air force that has been protecting us since world war ii. they kept the sea lanes open around the world. they're just taken for granted. and enough is enough. >> well, they say that the army chief of staff, the general said he would be okay with a force of 450. so that is about where we're going. but on the other hand, our old defense secretary bob gates said these levels would be catastrophic. so we shall see. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for...