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Grows more quickly, but now it's growing at a rate that is very similar, if not exactly the same, as the rate president obama would like to have medicare grow under his plan in which he's got some other strength and cost control maneuvers to cut down costs on the provider side. over time they came in more similarly but initially the ryan budget's medicare cuts were very dramatic, much more so than anything the obama administration, for better or worse, has proposed. >> of course, the other criticism is that he has not -- he's left defense intact and has not conceded anything on the tax side so...

around the world. i'm wolf blitzer and you are in "the situation room." >> per in this special hour, we are taking a close look at the man mitt romney asked to join him on the republican presidential ticket, congressman paul ryan of wisconsin. romney made the big announcement in front of the battleship, the uss wiscons. ryan was chairman of the house budget committee made a name for himself here in washington by battling deficits and fighting for cuts and spending. listen to highway mitt romney broke the news. >> it's an honor toannounce my running mate and the next vice president of...

i don't know anyone who doesn't respect his character and judgment. >> paul ryan was only 28 years old when he was first elected to the united states congress. he served seven terms, almost 14 years. at 42, he's the same age as the eldest of romney's five sons. ryan's catholic with a wife and three young children. >> i want you to meet my family. this is my wife, janna. our daughter, liza, and our sons, charlie and sam. i'm surrounded by the people i love. i love you too. janesville, wisconsin, is where i was born and raised and i never really left it. it's our home now. for the la...

the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." in this special hour we will take a close look at the man mitt romney has skoed sked to join him on the presidential ticket, paul ryan. romney made the announcement from front of the battleship "uss wisconsin." ryan made a name in washington by battling deficits and fighting for cuts in government spending. listen to how mitt romney broke the news. >> it's an honor to announce my running mate and the next vice president of the united states, paul ryan! his leadership -- his leadership begins with character and values. paul ...

>> would they have done what ryan did today? >> i think it would have been different because the broad center right is more familiar with brian's work the ryan budget. remember gingrich fell apart in the last campaign when he sort of said well set ryan aside, i've got some other theory and his campaign imploded. the broad center right has accepted the ryan approach. >> yeah. >> doing the -- what clinton did for welfare reform doing that for medicaid and other means-tested programs such as food stamps and jobs programs and so on, doing -- taking the clinton approach on aid to families with depe...