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so let's get to it. as you heard here, about 90 minutes ago on cnn, the president said that the federal government has gotten too big and complicated. that's not a revelation but he says he can fix it by streamlining, consolidating, simplifying. he said a leaner government would create a leaner and better national security. >> congress didn't consolidate on its side so now the department of homeland security reports to over 100 different congressional panels. that's a lot of paperwork. that's a lot of reports to prepare. that's not adding value. it's not making us safer. >> well, con...

Anti-christian bigotry today than there is on the other side. >> i am for a constitutional amendment that says marriage is between a man and a woman at the federal level. this administration's war on religion is what bothers me greatly. when we see an administration that will not defend the defense of marriage act, that gives their justice department clear instructions to go take the ministerial exception away from the churches where that's never happened before, when we see this administration not giving money to catholic charities for sexually trafficked individuals because they don't agree ...

there. in about 100 soldiers are on lockdown at a military base in washington state. that means no one in, no one out. commanders at joint base lewis mccord are looking for anyone who may have possession of some sensitive military equipment that didn't turn up during an inventory last month. and crowds of people packed public spaces across syria again today demanding the ouster of president bashar al assad. officials from the arab league are talking today about whether to increase the size of their monitoring mission in syria. a human rights group says 11 people died today in cla...

On that. >> she's agreeing, roland! >> that means she's wrong a whole lot. >> it is a good thing roland only has two hands because i don't know who else he would have been swatting out there. >> you know how we do it in texas. >> crystal wright, roland martin, thank you both very much. that is fair game today. woo! keep it right here next tuesday as new hampshire voters head to the polls. join wolf blitzer, anderson cooper, erin burnett and john king for live coverage of the new hampshire primary, tut nies night, 7:00 eastern right here on cnn. an oklahoma woman says she has no regrets abo...

barack obama. i think it will be very hard for him to win the general election because i think it just blurs everything. i think a real conservative who stands for solid values, essentially for new hampshire values -- >> the former massachusetts governor holds what looks like an insurmountable lead in new hampshire so he is moving on to south carolina. that state's primary is january 21st. it has been a deadly day in iraq. at least 60 people were killed in attacks in baghdad and other cities across the country. most of the victims were shiites raising fears of renewed sectarian vio...