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Of spending grade actually less than 1% of the overall spending. if you zeroed it out, it wouldn't pay for one year of the budget increase as you have right now. >> correct. again, this is a policy budget. the president's policy as we will spend less on other people overseas and more on defending ourselves and more money back home. that's the genesis of looking very closely at the foreign aid budget. what the president ran on, said if you elect me, i will do this. that's what the budget does. the foreign aid budget is a small part of the budget but it's the policy driving this decision. consis...

Could come back with other suggestions for that is what the process is. it is fairly unusual for us to be coming to you this early in the process, but we wanted to let everybody know exactly where we were. >> reporter: not talking about 2-3%, double digits is a lot. >> it's going to be a lot of work -- again, the president is going to do what he said, less foreign aid overseas in more here, that will be reflected. >> reporter: thank you very much peered one quick follow-up, that accounts for less than 1% of overall spending, and i just spoke with an analyst that that would not really take care...

We can do so much more with the money we spend. with the $20 trillion in debt, can you imagine that, the government must learn to tighten its belt. something families all across the country have had to learn to do unfortunately. but they've had to learn to do it and they've done it well. my budget increase is spending and the increase in all spending for federal law enforcement also and activities having to do with law enforcement will be substantially increased and we will fight violent crime. >> all right, robert. help us understand a little bit here of the republicans' perspective. does thi...

But they've had to learn to do it and done it well. my budget increase in all spending for federal law enforcement also and activities having to do with law enforcement will be substantially increased and we will fight violent crime. you look at what is happening in our cities. you look at what is happening in chicago. what is going on in chicago? we will fight violent crime and we will win and we'll win that one fairly quickly once we give the local police, the local law enforcement the right to go in and fight it. and we back them monetarily and also otherwise. we'll win that one. we'll win ...

Of spending grade actually less than 1% of the overall spending. if you zeroed it out, it wouldn't pay for one year of the budget increase as you have right now. >> correct. again, this is a policy budget. the president's policy as we will spend less on other people overseas and more on defending ourselves and more money back home. that's the genesis of looking very closely at the foreign aid budget. what the president ran on, said if you elect me, i will do this. that's what the budget does. the foreign aid budget is a small part of the budget but it's the policy driving this decision. consis...