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Must-reads, my panel today, we'll go ladies first, here's yours, felicia. >> my must-read is from the "washington post." the four-star general. i would say it's stories like this actually give us a deep dive into some of the spending that happens among these four-star general. so you've got officers like petraeus and others who have got gourmet chefs who have had free housing paid for and a whole bunch of other perks that come along with the office and at a time when there's a whole lot of debate on capitol hill about things like military spending and this defense sequester that's coming up at...

Not just something they cheap about. that's insurance for the modern world. esurance. now backed by allstate. click or call. >> not something i proposed. something that congress proposed. it will not happen. the budget we're talking about is not reducing our military spending. it's maintaining it. >> that was president obama in monday night's debate, claiming the impending defense sequester, some 55 bill in automatic cuts, coming to the military in january, will not happen. and blaming congress for coming up with the idea. part of a compromise last year to raise the debt ceiling. >> we're back...

There are two romneys. one very moderate, accommodating, one very hard. obama was kind of solid/hard. and i think after the election if obama wins, he will have some reconstruction to do in the relationship with the chinese. if romney wins, he would try to do better with the chinese and you're absolutely right. once the new chinese leadership is installed, we are to make a very serious effort. to go to them and say to them let's sit down, let's talk about this relationship. because we face a historic opportunity for the first time ever, two major powers, contenders should not be getting into a...

Our national security and must be replaced. the house passed the bill in may that replaces the president's dangerous defense sequester with common sense spending cuts and reforms, protecting our troops and reducing our deficit by another $243 billion. but the white house wants to make sure that if the sequester takes effect at the end of the year and there is blame going around, it isn't just directed at democrats. >> sequester was designed to be bad policy, to be onerus and it's important to remember that democrats and republicans voted in majorities in both houses of congress in support of t...

And the defense sequester and to move off the subject as soon as possible. that's why he did it today. >> peter king said i would have waited 12 to 24 hours and put out a more comprehensive statement. peggy noonan criticized mitt romney's actions. there's several republicans who stepped up. i mean, john mccain is the maverick. he's the guy who talks about war. we know his record and praise him for fighting for this country. what does that say perhaps even about his character that, again, a.b., you don't -- you deflect with a pure-on attack of the president's leadership? >> well, senator mccain...