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Might be preparing? >> well, if you look at the fours structure they're -- force structure they're putting together, arthel, it is nine tomahawk missile-firing destroyers, possibly one cruiser, two amphibious assault ships, an aircraft carrier. this is some big muscle. arthel: right. >> the two amphibious assault ships, the kersage, which is a large deck is in the red sea on one side of the suez canal and the san antonio is up in the mediterranean up on the other side of the suez canal, combined those two ships have the equivalent hospital capability of uss comforter, mercy, the two hospital s...

The dean of the corebell school. let's talk first of all about this withdraw schedule from afghanistan. some will charge as john mccain and lindsey graham and senator lieberman are, that this was done too hastily, and that it put our troops at risk. your comment about that? >> well, you know, these are some of the same comments made when the bush administration administration was also trying to train up the iraqi army. you know, these training packages are not easy to put together. you know, i know the people have been involved with this. general petraeus was involved in training in iraq. it's...

good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, the big scare. with just four days in the congress high tails it out of washingt washington, there was plenty of talk about the looming consequences of the looming fiscal cliff. we're talking about tax cuts expiring for everyone automatically, payroll taxes going up, emergency unemployment benefits ending and, of course, the $1.2 trillion in so-called sequestration cuts. about half of that sum is going to come from defense. >> the obligation of the commander in chief is to act like the commander in chief, and that would be...

there was plenty of talk about the dire consequences of the looming fiscal cliff. we're talking about tax cuts expiring for everyone automatically, payroll taxes going up, emergency unemployment benefits ending and, of course, the $1.2 trillion in so-called sequestration cuts. about half of that sum is going to come from defense. >> the obligation of the commander in chief is to act like the commander in chief, and that wld be to prevent these cuts, which in the words of his own secretary of defense, would devastate our national security. >> interesting, acting like a commander in ch...

with four days before congress high-tails it out of washington, there was plenty of talk about the dire consequences of the looming fiscal cliff. we're talking about tax cuts expiring for everyone automatically, payroll taxes going up, emergency unemployment benefits ending and, of course, the $1.2 trillion in so-called sequestration cuts. about half of that sum is going to come from defense. >> the obligation of the commander in chief is to act like the commander in chief, and that would be to prevent these cuts, which in the words of his own secretary of defense, would devastate ou...