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Table. the point is you're talking about, you're heralding 12% of the budget. that's not where the money is here when it comes to driving up the debt. you even said about the debt commission that the president doesn't wear that collar into the next election. i've talked to administration officials who say the strategy here is a political one. get the republicans to step forward first, make the big suggestions on where to cut entitlements and that can be used against them in the election. >> david, let me tell you. after we get beyond who goes first and bragging rites about who cuts the most th...

The budget. that's not where the money is here when it comes to driving up the debt. you even said about the debt commission that the president doesn't wear that collar into the next election. i've talked to administration officials who say the strategy here is a political one. get the republicans to step forward first, make the big suggestions on where to cut entitlements and that can be used against them in the election. >> david, let me tell you. after we get beyond who goes first and bragging rites about who cuts the most the bottom line is can we reach an agreement in a bipartisan fashion...

Violent crackdown where there isn't a whole lot that's actually known in benghazi, the eastern human rights watch reporting widespread government crackdown, violent -- the number of casualties unknown. what can you say about what the u.s. government knows about what's happening inside libya. >> we're concerned about reports of violence and attacks on civilians. we've condemned that violence and our view is libya as throughout the region peaceful protests need to be respected. they need to be able to exercise their universal rights that people around the world share. those rites include freedom...

Obama, national security adviser, secretary of state clinton urging that restraint and encouraging what is now transpiring which seems to be the pull back of the military forces, and now real effort to engage the opposition in a broad based dialogue that will enable the people's aspiration to be discussed. >> can the government survive in bahrain? >> david, i wouldn't want to be in the business of predictions in this very volatile environment. we've seen change so rapidly. what we're encouraging governments in the region to do is recognize this is a yearning for change and reform. it needs to ...

Dictating that they stay. what we're doing is saying, consistency across the board there's universal human rights that need to be respected. there's demand for reform that are legitimate and need to be addressed very urgently. >> let me follow up on egypt. one of the big stories that's come out of there in the protests is what happened to our colleague from cbs news lara logan who was attacked by a mob, sexually assaulted, and i know the administration has been pressing the egyptian military and the government to get to the bottom of this. your satisfied that you have any real answers as to wh...