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Ships that couldn't sail. for he have tank we had sitting one next to it that we cannibalized. the worst thing we took it out on military personnel, wounded warriors, homeless veterans. we're starting to see it now. the sequester cuts will have cuts in health care benefits. they will be cutting back on, you know, on the benefits that our wounded wars i don't remembers and retirees have. we're doing it again. not just the equipment maintenance and the operations of our armed forces but on the actual personnel and i think that was a stain on the soul of america in the 1970s. i think it will abst...

We have had ships that couldn't sail because they didn't have fuel. >> reporter: others argue the new proposed troop cuts aren't that deep. >> i do not think it's a problem to cut the ground forces by 100,000 at this moment in history. that is about how much they grew after 9/11. >> president obama is not the first to want a leaner, more agile army. donald rumsfeld did at the start of the bush administration. the iraq war was supposed to be won with shock and awe. the pentagon has not said explicitly how deep the troop cuts would be. yesterday, the president outlined the strategy. in february ...

To be qualified as pilots. we have had ships that couldn't sail because they didn't have fuel. >> reporter: others argue the new proposed troop cuts aren't that deep. >> i do not think it's a problem to cut the ground forces by 100,000 at this moment in history. that is about how much they grew after 9/11. >> president obama is not the first to want a leaner, more agile army. donald rumsfeld did at the start of the bush administration. the iraq war was supposed to be won with shock and awe. the pentagon has not said explicitly how deep the troop cuts would be. yesterday, the president outlined...

The two wars we've been fighting. jenna: and the de intait whether it's the right strategy. k.t. mcfarland worked with the reagan administration and let's look at that particular area she was talking about, when carter made those cuts to the army. what was ronald reagan's response at the time? >> reporter: remember, the nation was very war weary after vietnam so there was high inflation rates, essentially there were 58,000 u.s. troops who had been killed in that war, nixon began the drawdown, carter carried out cuts, k.t. mcfarland as you mentioned worked in the pentagon under ronald reagan an...

To be qualified as pilots. we have had ships that couldn't sail because they didn't have fuel. >> reporter: others argue the new proposed troop cuts aren't that deep. >> i do not think it's a problem to cut the ground forces by 100,000 at this moment in history. that is about how much they grew after 9/11. >> president obama is not the first to want a leaner, more agile army. donald rumsfeld did at the start of the bush administration. the iraq war was supposed to be won with shock and awe. the pentagon has not said explicitly how deep the troop cuts would be. yesterday, the president outlined...