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Of divorce among veterans. how difficult it is to sustain a family and relationships. i don't know why we think it's easier for top commanders than your average infantry man trying to hold his family together. is this potentially -- we tend to defer to the military's own judgment on these things. we ask the commanders on the ground for their own opinion, but is this not another occasion for civilians to say, this is done in our name. the military isn't fighting this war because it wants to, because they want us to be fighting this. could this be an occasion for us to say we're asking the milit...

I don't know why we think it's easier for top commanders than your average infantry man trying to hold his family together. is this potentially -- we tend to defer to the military's own judgment on these things. we ask the commanders on the ground for their own opinion, but is this not another occasion for civilians to say, this is done in our name. the military isn't fighting this war because it wants to, because they want us to be fighting this. could this be an occasion for us to say we're asking the military to do too much for too long now. this is not personally sustainable? >> i'd like t...

Billion cut to veterans and almost 13% compared to what the president is proposing. >> so in a sense, he supported the budget, but paul ryan, $11 billion cuts to vets by not mentioning the vets and not mentioning the troops in afghanistan. what message does that send to the men and women in uniform? >> it's terrible. when you listen to the comment, i mentioned the military. this is sort of a conservative talking point, weapons systems. and there's this debate about weapons systems versus taking care of the military. will there be an attempt to take away the military pensions. when you have the...

>> let me -- let's talk about that comment. you didn't build that, we built it. the government's responsibility for building the roads and bridges. let me finish. the money that was paid to the people who build the roads and bridges were earned through taxpayers through free market capitalism that created wealth. if you don't do it from down, bob, you want to go from bottom up? the bottom 43% pays zero -- >> the bridges -- do you know what it was built in? >> how do you pay for the roads and bridges? make belief money? >> he should use jefferson starship, we built this city and replace rock 'n...

>> let me -- let's talk about that comment. you didn't build that, we built it. the government's responsibity for building the roads and bridges. let me finish. the money that was paid to the people who build the roads and bridges were earned through taxpayers through free market capitalism that created wealth. if you don't do it from down, bob, you want to go from bottom up? the bottom 43% pays zero -- >> the bridges -- do you know what it was built in? >> how do you pay for the roads and bridges? make belief money? >> he should use jefferson starship, we built this city and replace rock 'n r...