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That missed a target. >> reporter: in a statement responding to wrchthe document release, the white house said, "the united states strongly condemns the disclosure of classified information by individuals and organizations which could put the lives of americans and our partners at risk and threaten our national security." but the editor for wikileaks denies that the site has put troops in danger and says it did hold back some sensitive material. >> there certainly have been people that have lost elections as a result of the material the material, there's been legislator reform as a result of t...

Make sure we can show the world that we're willing as a country to start to make progress bringing down our long-term deficits. >> raising taxes to pay down the deficit or cut the deficit and begin to rein in the exploding debt is an idea that's gaining traction. alan greenspan says, don't just raise taxes on wealthy americans, raise taxes on everybody. but what about cutting spending? >> experts say you have to do both. the head of the president's fiscal commission says he finds it interesting how the british did it. in their debt reduction plan they leaned more heavily on spending, 75% on sp...

Credibly with that uncertainly it is going to be a very subpar economy. there are very serious headwinds in the face of this economy. >> at the same time the white house is out in full force defending the administration's push to let the bush tax cuts for wealthy americans expire this year. cuts critics argue would hinder economic growth. joining us with some perspective on what this could mean for the economy is jeanne saha sahadi, senior writer with cnnmoney.com. let's first look at some of these numbers here and what we're talking about. so the obama administration wants to let tax breaks...

The big events, the casualty events, it is the boy killed by a shell that missed the target. >> reporter: in a statement responding to wikileaks afghan document release, the white house said, the united states strongly don condemns the disclosure of classified information by individuals and organizations which could put the lives of americans and our partners at risk, and thenen our national security. but the editor for wikileaks denies this has put troops in damg danger and says it held back sensitive material. >> there certainly have been people who lost elections as a result of material bei...

Of classified documents to wikileaks. >> is the sort of total squalor of the war. so all these people killed and the small events that we haven't heard about which numerically eclipse the bigger, casualty events. it is the boy killed by a shell that missed a target. >> reporter: in a statement responding to wikileaks' afghan document release, the white house said, "the united states strongly condemns the disclosure of classified information by individuals and organizations which could put the lives of americans and our partners at rick and threaten our national security." but julian assage, th...