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Administration. by all indications he had proven himself again and again to the president. >> over the past quarter of a century jack lew has been an integral part of some of the most important budgetary financial and fiscal agreements bipartisan agreements in washington. >> one agreement he may not want to take credit for is the now december pieszed if -- despise fiscal cliff. lew was the architect of the spending cuts that nearly drove congress to the brink over new years. some republicans say he hasn't been honest with congress about debts. >> there is a confirmation process. i think the am...

There seven treasury secretaries. that's several more than i have, steve. >> the president's choice of jack lew is already stirring some conversation because he has completed the top four cabinet posts with another white man. that has put the white house on the defensive. >> if janet napolitano is the secretary of homeland security, the cabinet level position, the u.n. ambassador, the u.s. ambassador to the united nations is susan rice. you know, again, i could go through the list. this president has appointed -- has made two appointments to the supreme court both of them women. i think that h...

Use some of those democrats like a-rated democrats from the nra, joe manchin, obviously, bob casey of pennsylvania, both may be able to add to that pressure specifically as it speaks to the issue of gun control. >> david, i want to talk to you about women and not in a brent musberger sort of way but a real way. you write about the durt of women in the cabinet and susan rice and fell apart and that's not been replaced by anybody and looking at three women for 15 cabinet posts. not the diversity we would expect from obama that we would hope for from obama and it seems or a little late in the gam...

Daschle, susan rice we just discussed, peter diamond, a nobel economist who couldn't get a vote. let's be clear, we're not talking about people voting down nominees. that is in the constitution and their right. what we're talking about is the context of preventing votes on these people and thus hamstringing the newly reelected president, nick. >> once again, it's asymmetrical, it cost the senate republicans nothing to do this. it costs obama something to fight it, to push through, to have the fight, and it's worth it to them, not only on a symbolic level, but a substantiative level of defining...

Confrontation. to identify the suspect, detectives poured over security video from area stores and took him into custody near the scene of the crime. meanwhile, haun's family and neighbors are grieving. >> feel bad to myself and to the family, you know. it is a tragedy. >> reporter: his wife was seen being comforted by priest and police detective after learning of her husband's tragic death. kirk gregory, nbc news. just a horrible story. well, elsewhere president obama could name his choices for two top cabinet posts in the next two weeks. one of those jobs may very well go to a republican. ...