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Have not received a visit from the president. he has an interesting relationship with the military. >> he loves his generals. i mean, i guess this parade shouldn't come as a surprise to any of us. when i was reading phil's story, i know, phil, you were talk bing about the cost there. that was one of the things that struck me because i was traveling with the president that day when he went to the pentagon to have this meeting. he got out of the motorcade, you know, took a few minutes to talk to the reporters about how bad a shutdown would be because we're on the brink of the shutdown that day. ...

They're going to dezrstroy the asphalt and the city will have to repave the roads. >> heard a former general tonight say you have to decide which tanks to take out of the tank line in ft. stewart, georgia, spif them up and get them parade ready. they're not built for parades. so, shannon, i also heard it noted tonight that we've got thousands of troops in the field and at least two war zones that have not received a visit from the president. he has an interesting relationship with the military. >> he loves his generals. i mean, i guess this parade shouldn't come as a surprise to any of us. whe...

Dollars and cents. the first thing that came to my mind when i saw your story, phil, wow, that is going to cost a lot of money and that that's what he was thinking of the day we were on a brink of a shutdown, the day he was talking about how badly we needed funding for our military. thinking about a parade and all the costs that would go along with that. >> todd, would you hazard a reality check, speaking of shutdowns, on the chance of another one, and how real, in your view, is this thursday deadline? >> well, it's pretty real. it seems unlikely that there would be a shutdown. there's very li...

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