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Assumptions, tax policy, mandatory spending policy, entitlements. and it has discussions about the annual spending, defense and nondefense. much of it is missing. it's a very narrow look at a tiny part of the budget. >> bret: this is a blueprint. they say they are going to fill in the blanks in may. >> we learned there's more money for defense. i think everyone knew the defense department was badly underfunded but we have readiness problems and we needed to do something. how do you fit it into the big picture? what we saw here is the opening bid on some cuts to nondefense discretionary spendin...

Assumptions, tax policy, mandatory spending policy, entitlements. and it has discussions about the annual spending, defense and nondefense. much of it is missing. it's a very narrow look at a tiny part of the budget. >> bret: this is a blueprint. they say they are going to fill in the blanks in may. >> we learned there's more money for defense. i think everyone knew the defense department was badly underfunded but we have readiness problems and we needed to do something. how do you fit it into the big picture? what we saw here is the opening bid on some cuts to nondefense discretionary spendin...

And children of all faiths and all beliefs. we will work with our allies, including our friends and allies in the muslim world, to extinguish this vile enemy from our planet. [applause] >> shannon: national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live from the pentagon. what did the president do as far as unveiling plans to boost it? we keep hearing about that this week. >> i promised to fix the military's readiness problems repairing ships, planes after 16 years of war. >> president trump: finally to keep america safe we must provide the men and women with the united states military with t...

Comes out and says i want less money for police departments but they're pointing out, folks, that crime is down. help us understand, hance nichols, is there a good sense of how this money is going to be spent if you're trying to make the case to the average american taxpayer this is why we need it and here's what it's going to go for, what's the answer? >> readiness. in one word that's the answer from the pentagon. they feel they have serious readiness problems, not enough combat brigades. they're actually functional, ready to go out and hit the ground. following up on robert's points on the n...

Rebuild military aircraft and address the pentagon's readiness problems. >> border security is national security. we are leaning forward to support the president in his intent and his goal. but readiness remains our top priority. >> when president bush sent 6,000 national guardsmen to the border in 2006, it came from the navy and air force's operations and maintenance account, shep. >> pentagon officials say nothing actually has changed in syria. that's despite president trump saying this week that he wants to pull out u.s. troops from the war-torn nation and soon. just yesterday, the white ho...