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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140225:09:17:00

So, yes, he s talking about more than we need to spend, can afford to spend, should wisely spend, but having the secretary of defense on the we can do less than we ve been doing side is a good idea. and the sequester we know is a little unrealistic. it was put in there to threaten i think it s a good thing that even though i voted against it because i didn t think it was a wise way to make cuts. and i i think the key point, though, is this. he s done us a favor by raising this. everybody in america who wants to see the deficit reduced without cutting environmental protection, or local police, or aid to education, or food stamps, or housing for the elderly, or social security, literally everybody who believes any of this ought to jump in here and say, you know, mr. secretary, you re moving somewhat in the right direction ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140225:02:18:00

Secretary, you re moving somewhat in the right direction but not far enough. i think this is the opportunity for the american people to say what i think they want to say, we ve been overspending on the military, we ve been overintervening elsewhere in the world to our disadvantage, and let s bring some of that money back into the domestic economy where it can do some good. the thing that strikes me as the thing that strikes me as strange about these developments today is because there is the sequester, which is deeper cuts than secretary hagel was talking about today, what he s arguing for is actually increases in the defense budget compared to sequester. congress doesn t seem ready to get rid of the sequester. so both sides of this fight are blaming the other for being too reckless and cutting defense too much and they re both arguing that defense ought to have more. i m worried we just started a process that looks like it s starting with cuts but really it s all about people comp ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140225:02:14:00

Voted to give them when they voted for the sequester. now, this got headlined today at the pentagon proposing huge new cuts to the military. what actually happened today is the pentagon fighting congress so they don t get cut so much. when congress voted for the sequester, they were voting for something that no one thought they would ever go through with. it was supposed to impossible for the u.s. to cut defense spending alongside cuts of food stamps and education and all the other things congress is usually much happier to cut. it has become unimaginable to us that defense spending would really be cut significantly. and so now, today specifically, now, we are in this upsidedown world where a proposed drawdown after the longest wars in u.s. history is being greeted today both as a surprise and as kind of the end of the world. even after the end of the longest wars in u.s. history. the idea of a drawdown is somehow totally alien to us. and the fight by the military to reinstate their bu ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140225:15:20:00

Bring down the deficit and still protect those investments that are good for the middle class and help more people work their way up. i think the one thing that we as a country will need to work on is to make sure that we get back, you know, we don t let the sequester levels stay in place, because they rob us of the future, that robs us in the investment in children, early childhood, higher education, and the research that, you know, creates the innovation of the future that we all benefit from. yeah, and the sequester is so front and center, it s, obviously, a big part of the pentagon budget that you guys also put out. gene sperling in the snow, you know what yogi berra said is true, everyone always talks about the weather, nobody ever does anything about it. thanks for coming out in the snow for us today. thanks for having us. absolutely. now, you have heard about the controversial bill in arizona, sb-1062. it would potentially allow businesses to discriminate against gay cit ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140225:05:18:00

But not far enough. i think this is the opportunity for the american people to say what i think they want to say, we ve been overspending on the military, we ve been over-intervening elsewhere in the world to our disadvantage, and let s bring some of that money back into the domestic economy where it can do some good. the thing that strikes me as the thing that strikes me as strange about these developments today is because there is the sequester, which is deeper cuts than secretary hagel was talking about today, what he s arguing for is actually increases in the defense budget compared to sequester. congress doesn t seem ready to get rid of the sequester. so both sides of this fight are blaming the other for being too reckless and cutting defense too much and they re both arguing that defense ought to have more. i m worried we just started a process that looks like it s starting with cuts but really it s all about people competing to add as much as they can to the budget. again, ....

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