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Fossil fuel tax for the subsidies for oil and gas companies. and finally, nasa. it kills nasa's big project to the moon, $3.5 billion cut from the constellation systems program. >> what are the assumptions the administration using for the basis for a lot of these cuts and increases and budget projections? >> well, and that's a really key point, wolf. there are a number of assumptions that are built in. one of those assumptions is that the unemployment rate will average 9.2% in 2011. the unemployment rate right now is 10%. they're assuming we're going to reach that level. also that national gdp...

Iraqi authorities say it was a female bomber who targeted pilgrims in a shiite neighborhood. the casualtieses include women and children. the government's massive bank bailout program is coming under harsh criticism once again. the bailout watchdog says t.a.r.p. just isn't working. cnn's stephanie elam is in new york with the details. this is a $700 billion program. to say it's not working, that's a huge statement. >> yeah, and that's going to upset a lot of people. this is the program's harshest criticism, one of them to date coming from the bailout cop, near barofsky released a quarterly y...

Said, look, we can solve this by reaching out and talking to iran. that hasn't worked out very well. in the meantime, all of a sudden you have this opposition movement that has emerged which the president has supported. so here's his dilemma. does he continue to reach out to a regime that this opposition movement deems illegitimate or does he not reach out to the regime and risk further isolating the iranian government that could speed up its nuclear program. none of the answers seem easy, debty. >> not at all. all right. reza, thank you. what led to the shooting deaths of more than a dozen ...

Discontinued. and then terminating nasa's what they call the constellation systems program. we know that better as the moon mission. this is an estimated savings of 2.5 to $5 billion per year. they're going to actually rely on private contractors to go ahead and provide the funds for any potential moon missions. and then in terms of spending itself, we heard from the president talking about jobs is number one. so what are we looking at here? $100 billion investment in what they say is going to create new jobs. we'll see how that goes, investings in infrastructure and tax credits for business. ...

Program cuts, and they will object to the fact that president obama as he promised in the campaign is going to let the bush tax cuts for those making $250,000 and over lapse as of the end of this year. so you will have large arguments. budgets, after all, it's kind of like they always say in a marriage one of the main things that couples fight about is money? well, that's what parties fight about, too. because that's where their philosophy comes out. so you will hear the republicans pushing for more spending cuts and more tax cuts, and you will hear democrats look at this, and they will begin ...