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$1.2 trillion, half in the pentagon, half from nonmilitary spending. what do you think are the chances that the pentagon trigger, the $600 billion from the pentagon will be changed so that yes, you will still get $600 billion but won t all come out of the pentagon? i hope it will be changed. the secretary of defense leon panetta said cuts of ma magnitude with hollow out the national defense. i would hope congress and president of the united states would listen to him carefully. i want people to know that i will be committed to ensureing that the american people get the deficit reduction that they were promised but under the law congress will have 13 months to do that in a smarter more prudent fashion and i plan to be part of that process. chris: finally, less than a minute left. during the debt ceiling mess this summer there was a 2,000 point drop in the stock market and the approval ratings for everyone in congress jumped just as sharply. assuming and you certainly are leading me ....
And half from nonmilitary spending. what do you think are the chances that the pentagon trigger, that will be changed so that, yes, you will get that but dill not come out of the pentagon? guest: i hope it will be changed. the secretary of defense panetta said cuts of that magnitude would hollow out our national defense. i help the members of congress and the president of the united states would listen to him. but i want people to know that i am going to be committed to ensuring that the american people get the deficit reduction they were promised. but, under the law, congress will have 13 months to do that in a smarter more prudent fashion and i plan to be part of that process. chris: finally, during the debt crisis mess to summer there was a 2,000-point drop in the markets, and you are leading me in the direction to lead me to ....