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First it is the one unobjectable power we have in the world. obviously, our balances of the asia pacific, persian gulf, we talked all day about iran, specifically iran in the persian gulf. you know we have the fifth fleet, and bahrain, two little battle groups in that small area. the flexibility, the agility, nuclear defense, all the capabilities are within the navy. so i am a strong supporter of advancing our navy technology and our efforts. and i will continue to do that if confirmed. >> now, that word re-balancing. that is an important word there. so what does it have to do with the navy?

Every vote i took, every decision i made. was the policy worthy of the men and women that we were sending into battle, and surely to their deaths. i always asked the question is this going to be worth the sacrifice? because there will be sacrifice. in the surge case in iraq, we lost almost 1200 dead americans. >> so the goes to this john mccain-hagel confrontation. this is the broader answer to the question about the surge, right? >> if hagel had decided he was going to you know, get a word in edge-wise, if john mccain had let him, that was the word he would have provided. what he meant to say...

First it is the one unobjectable power we have in the world. obviously, our balances of the asia pacific, persian gulf, we talked all day about iran, specifically iran in the persian gulf. you know we have the fifth fleet, and bahrain, two little battle groups in that small area. the flexibility, the agility, nuclear defense, all the capabilities are within the navy. so i am a strong supporter of advancing our navy technology and our efforts. and i will continue to do that if confirmed. >> now, that word re-balancing. that is an important word there. so what does it have to do with the navy? >...

Coming week and kids are able to do the active, creative, construction play, come and see it. >> that's great. thanks, ed. dave, the final word on that? >> yeah, absolutely. that sounds great, but at the end of the day, our kids are falling behind other countries and we have to stimulate them in more ways than just play and challenge them academically and raise the bar for kids. >> we're rating more research for the this process, ed and david, we appreciate you joining us this morning. >> thank you for having us. >> coming up on the show, senator harry reid could introduce major energy legisla...

Tropical storm, a tropical depression run through the area. how is the area right now, more oil washing up? >> no, and certainly we can't get out there and see it. one of the good things was that all of our sightings prior to the storm coming in and the winds moving. there was no sightings right outside of the parish and that was good news. we want today make sure we had all of these assets so we could redeploy them today as early as possible once the weather conditions allow that to happen. >> mr. davis, only about ten seconds or so, have you had to make any arrests. >> no, we haven't. after ...