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Brightest. >> we need to show our leadership that we have today by following up on the shuttle successes. it's a budget question. i think spending half a percent of the federal budget on space is justifiable in terms of draw it gives to new scientists and engineers and competitiveness in the economy. we need to up that to .6% of the federal budge to make it happen faster and get to the nearby as steroids and do prospecting. >> i look forward to that. it will be great to see it when we get to that point. tom jones, thank you for joining us today. all the best. >> you're welcome. >> we asked, yo...

Loyal to him, but also reports that he is hiring mercenaries with the financial freeze that we have imposed, he still has assets. the rebel groups are just now getting organized, and so, we are going to have to continue to apply pressure. that's why i say that we have not taken any options all of the table at this point. m mimi hall. >> thank you, mr. president. to follow-up on libya, but i have a budget question as well. with gadhafi staying is that ever a option for you, ever? and also for the budget, there are criticism from members of your own party about leadership of the negotiations on ...

There are reports that he's been hiring mercinaries. he still has some assets. the rebel groups of just now getting organized. and so we'll have to continue to apply pressure. and that's why i say, we have not taken any options off the table at this point. >> thank you, mr. president. just to follow up on libya and i also have a budget question. you say you are concerned, but is qaddafi staying an acceptable option for you ever? there's been some criticism about your leadership on negotiations on spending. and i'm wondering, given that, if you can talk about where we stand on longer-term prior...

But reports he's hiring mercenaries. even with the financial freeze we have imposed he still has some assets. the rebel groups are just now getting organized. and so, we're going to have to continue to apply pressure. and that's why i say we have not taken any options off the table at this point. mimi hall. >> thank you, mr. president. just to follow up on libya and i have a budget question. you say you're concerned but is gadhafi staying an acceptable option for you ever? and my question on the budget is, there's been some criticism from members of your own party about your leadership on nego...

Nation's skyrocketing budget deficit. senior political analyst brit hume has thoughts on that effort. good evening. >> hey, bret. the so-called "bluedog coalition" regularly described in news reports as group of fiscally conservative house democrats. many of them hail from the swing districts where it's politically use to feel be thought fiscally conservative. but this is what their new bill, targeted deficit reduction act of 2010 consists of: a set of goals, only partly specified for budget over the next ten years, with a final target of a balanced budget at the end of that period. the congre...