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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...

They can have fairness in the workplace and fairness in compensation. that is what's at stake here. it goes way beyond this budget issue. this governor of wisconsin is not setting out just to fix a budget he's setting out to break a union. that's a major move in terms of american history. i believe the president should have weighed in. i think we should all weigh in and say do the right thing for wisconsin's budget but do not destroy decades of work to establish the rights ever workers to speak for themselves. >> david, if i could just add. this is a campaign flyer i have. i don't know if you ...

That's our aim in egypt. we're going to support that. and we believe it needs to be credible and irreversible. >> before you go i want to ask you about the u.n. vote on a we lugs brought forward by the palestinians to declare israeli settlement activity as illegal. you as the united states representative there vetoed that measure because of the word illegal. the administration believes that settlements are illegitimate but not necessarily illegal. my question is whether you worry that in the middle of all this protest, the administration has now angered enough arabs in government and on the st...

Of mr. aviation. by his actions the magazine writes mr. obama put other authoritarian allies on notice. he thinks that even pro western autocracies that fail to reform deserve to die. but how much reform? how many people are enough? to judge by the gale rat technology arab world this week he may have to answer such questions rather soon. >> david, for years and, indeed, throughout the course of this entire administration, we have been saying to our friends and partners in the arab and muslim world that there needs to be a process for full reform. there are conditions that are unstable. a youth...

The government. senator durbin where do you see room for compromise. you as leaders on the democratic side and the senate are going to have to move a bit on cutting dramatically government spending. >> david, understand the starting point. we've already cut $41 billion from below the president's budget for this fiscal year in the way we're currently funding our government. and now the question is how much further should we go? >> democrats haven't actually cut anything. they haven't -- you haven't cut anything because there was no budget last year. >> that's wrong, david. we have. >> what cuts...