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Will meals on wheels and the after school meals go away in the end. what do you think? >> i think that meals on wheels has gotten a lot of attention and will probably survive and get some federal funding. but the point here is that there are budget caps and the defense department is getting a $54 billion increase. that has to come out of somewhere. under the trump budget, it comes out of the state department, agriculture department, school lunch programs, it will come out of the epa. and there will be choices that congress has to make. but basically the president sets the tone and the directio...

Now about removing these budget caps what are call sequestration for the department of defense but not for a lot of the homeland security programs that protect us. i don't think right now we're having a serious conversation. it's not just about funding the tomahawk missiles but making sure our borders are hardened in the united states. then as you've referenced, we've got to have a broader conversation making sure we're conducting our foreign policy that provides for less recruitment tools rather than more. that's why so many of us are concerned about the suggestions that we put another 10 20 ...

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Level since 1940. that would save $3.5 billion by retiring the air force's entire a-10 fleet. it would place half of the navy's cruiser fleet in reduced operating status. reforming military compensation packages. and then, also, asking congress for yet another round of base closing and realignments in 2017. now, secretary hagel said tuesday the recommendations were made after weighing the risks against fiscal reality. >> the world's unpredictable. i get that. you have to be prepared. i get that. but you also have to use some common sense. would you rather have more soldiers than less? of cours...

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