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Love the manchester background. thanks for being with us. first of all, what is the significance, do you think, of the fact that the president's top four cabinet picks now today, jack lew as well, are all white men, and there is a notable lack of diversity among the top cabinet members? do you think this is a problem? >>. >> it's disappointing. i would hope the president would follow new hampshire's lead. he still has an opportunity. he has some openings. he has places where he could appoint women, and i hope he'll take a look and do that. >> i know having covered bill clinton back in 1992 dur...

On that. thanks for previewing it. and joining me now at the table washington post columnist ruth marcus, again, usa today's susan page, and elizabeth of the "new york times". welcome all. well, we've been talking a lot about the white male cabinet choices. just to show you that there's nothing new and it's deja vu all over again as we see tshg the east room waiting for the president to come in and nominate jack lew, let's have a flashback as y yogi berra would say, it's deja vu all over again. >> today clinton rejected complaints from women's groups that he hasn't delivered. >> the people tha...

100 years old. hosts presidential inaugural services and funerals for heads of state along with memorial services during times of national tragedy. same-sex marriage is legal in the nation's capitol. church officials say only couples affiliated with the con a mitigation are eligible and premarriage counseling is required. america's problem with debt is shows no signs of going away. contract bo says the government is on pace to rack up another deficit topping a trillion dollars for the fifth straight year. stuart varney, anchor of "varney & company", fox business network. good morning to you....

Congressional budget office is supposed to be this nonpartisan group. i mean, there's got to be another side to that story. >> they're the bean counters. they get the numbers from the administration, put those numbers into an equation and say, right, this is what's going to happen. and this is what they said. you tax the top 2% of income earners at a higher rate, get rid of the old bush tax cut rate -- megyn: yeah, but even just the rate that president clinton taxed? president obama says, okay, you going to go from 35 percent to 39.6, and that's what you rich people paid under president clinto...

And, frankly, it couldn't even pass the house. putting increased revenues on the table, but through reforming our tax code. and i would do that if the president were serious about solving our spending problem and trying to secure our entitlement programs. the president and i had very intense conversations. i am confident that he and i can find the common ground necessary. >> that common ground may be tough to find. that's because the president has already said he would veto any deal that does not allow tax cuts for the rich to expire. but boehner says the republicans would introduce new tax re...