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Partners to beef up the forces on those that are pro-usa and maybe not so pro-russia. and that doesn't get talked about. is there anything else that you and congress is going to be able to do to fortify the president and continue to push nato? >> i am a supporter of nato but at the same time, nato's status quo, there's problems with nato. trump obviously has been very forceful in identifying the failure of some of our european allies to maintain appropriate defense levels. i have concerns about turkey's role in nato. if you look at what erdogan is doing with being an islamist and recently with...

Stripped dry. you are happy with the defense levels just not happy with the other levels. >> of course. that's what the american people elected us to do. they want our troops to get the pay raise they deserve and the military the best they are to continue to be the best and have what they need to defend this country. they don't want us to grow government. they don't want us to fund planned parenthood. they don't want us to restrict their second amendment liberties. they don't want to give money for the gateway tunnel and not give money for the border wall? they don't want those things. we were...

Vote on today, the vote was 344 to 81. when we voted on the conference report, at exactly the same defense levels that are in the cap deal today, the vote was 356-70. and the senate, the votes were 89-8, and the conference report was a voice vote. my point is there is widespread agreement in both parties that we have cut the military too much, that our service members are suffering as a result, and that we need to do better. this cab deal that will be voted on today is at exactly the same funding levels as the bill that i just read the votes for. my view is that this fixing the military is the...

If you're not doing that, then you're not really talking about spending. what we are talking about is defense levels something secretary mattis said was essential so we have defenses to defend this country. >> dana: let me ask you sort of on another topic. the white house is getting ready to brief the press any moment. they're going to get questions about rob porter. he resigned yesterday. he denied allegations that he had been abusing his two previous wives. but nonetheless, the question is, i think at this point, if republicans had been so concerned about the handling of classified informati...

Report at exactly the same defense levels that are in the cap deal today, the vote was 356-70. in the senate the votes were 89-8 and in the conference report was a voice vote. my point is, there is widespread agreement in both parties that we have cut the military too much, that our service members are suffering as a result, and that we need to do better. this cap deal that will be voted on today is at exactly the same funding levels as the bill that i just read the votes for. my view is that this -- fixing the military is the dominant priority. we have to fix the military. i know members on b...