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Ahmed karzai. he'll also be focusing on the palestinian question of statehood. the trip comes a day after unveiling his deficit reduction program. speaking in the white house rose garden, president obama got tough on his political opponents, threatening to veto any attempt to reduce the deficit using cuts alone. even before the president introduced the so-called buffett rule yesterday, several republicans were already complaining, calling it class warfare. president obama maintains, as he likes to say, he has a balanced approach. >> i reject the idea that asking a hedge fund manager to pay the...

The hallmark you're going to be in trouble. >> important information for everybody out there. thank you sochlt. straight ahead, president obama will unveil his deficit reduction program. they're waiting for him. we'll be right back. ♪ been torn apart ♪ got so many scratches and scars ♪ ♪ maybe time can mend us together again ♪ ♪ it's not what we've done but how far we've come ♪ ♪ i know that we will recover [ male announcer ] here when you need us most. is best absorbed in small continuous amounts.

hammered with angry questions. egyptians take security into their own hands. even some children are armed with illegal guns. the revolution giving way to a wild west mentality. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." the united states is another day closer to a possible default on its debts. 19 days before the deadline there's no sign that political leaders are any closer to preventen an unprecedented and frightening train wreck. right now members of congress are in the fifth straight day of talks aimed at raising the debt limit. the frustrations and tempers have been l...

Too much is to raise taxes on small businesses. we have to incentivize the private secretarier to grow, or we are going to see china pass us. but there's no reason we can't do that while we close this deficit and build a better future. >> well, you have started this group called no american debt. there are a whole lot of plans out there. there's a republican plan. there's a democratic plan. there's different versions of those plans. what do you think needs to be done, and how do you put pressure on congress to do it? >> you know, chris, there is no democratic plan out there. there are a couple...

Monumentally important concept changer, so that when we decide to go to libya, there's hardly a whimper that the united states is now going to get engaged in another war from on high to be sure, but i think that's the thing that's really concerning. people saying what's happened to the fundamentals of our country? >> paul, just on your point if i may. i totally agree with you, it is imperative we get on the right track fiscally. and if we do, we have great strengths. i think we can succeed. this is a question of political will. i don't think we can get there overnight. in 1993 when we put toge...