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The president found a way to cut it less than i did? or did he just decide if obama's for defense cuts then i have to be against them? well, of course, you've guessed it by now. he did exactly what you'd expect him to do. paul ryan said that the obama defense cuts are disappointing. but he wasn't consistent. he didn't say they're disappointing because the president doesn't cut defense as much as i did. instead he said it's disappointing that the president continues to use these vital funds as bargaining chips for higher taxes and more domestic spending. never mind that chuck hagel said nothing...

That agreement cut military spending to about 496 billion for fiscal year 2015. the obama-hagel defense cuts would not actually cut defense spending quite as much as paul ryan's budget. so what did paul ryan say today about the obama defense cuts? did he say, hey, come on, mr. president, you can cut defense spending more than i did, you know, more than that, because i paul ryan was able to do that. or did he say, you know, as a republican i hate cutting defense spending and i'm glad the president found a way to cut it less than i did? or did he just decide if obama's for defense cuts then i ha...

Joining me now is ezra klein, washington post columnist and msnbc policy analyst and alicia menendez. thank you for joining us. >> hey, rev. >> ezra, 62% of the cuts in paul ryan's program come from what help the poor, $3.3 trillion. does paul ryan really think skrubing a few pans in a soup kitchen will scrub that from his record? >> that's not the photo op, it's the kitchen. that soup kitchen gets federal funding, about $17,000 in federal funding every year, a couple hundred thousand from private donations. the kind of federal funds that go to groups like that soup kitchen are from the parts ...