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Technological edge over present and potential adversaries but the most important component in every branch of service are the people who volunteer to serve. we have today the best educated, trained, led equipped and most combat experienced force in history. the operating and maintain the most sophisticated weapons and equipment ever employed on the battlefield but as the military downsizes to comply with sequester spending cuts, both endorsed by the congress and administration, the services are dismissing the most experienced from the services. instead of reducing the numbers of generals, admi...

Entitlements, savings versus additional spending i think has to be done with the understanding that at the end of the day if we don't make an agreement, the number is going to be $967 billion in discretionary spending. >> let me pick up on that with you, senator durbin. because as senator blunt suggested, republicans have some leverage here. if nothing happens the sequester spending cuts kick in on january 15 and discretionary spending is cut by $21 billion. paul ryan, the house budget chair, is proposing a kind of trade in which they would agree to some short-term spending increases, which yo...

Entitlements, savings versus additional spending i think has to be done with the understanding that at the end of the day if we don't make an agreement, the number is going to be $967 billion in discretionary spending. >> let me pick up on that with you, senator durbin. because as senator blunt suggested, republicans have some leverage here. if nothing happens the sequester spending cuts kick in on january 15 and discretionary spending is cut by $21 billion. paul ryan, the house budget chair, is proposing a kind of trade in which they would agree to some short-term spending increases, which yo...

Second. i want to talk about what the senate democrats are talking about. senate democrats are demanding that the debt limit be extended for a longer period of time. you guys were talking about november, the gang of 12 was talking january. they wanted it extended longer. they want the sequester spending cuts -- this seems to be the real heart of the problem -- rolled back. they're not going to have to live under the sequester spending cuts for a long period of time. if that comes out of the senate will the house pass it? >> will it break the spending caps? >> yeah. >> i don't see any way you'd...

>> we'll get to obama care in a second. i want to talk about what the senate democrats are talking about. senate democrats are demanding that the debt limit be extended for a longer period of time. you guys were talking about november, the gang of 12 was talking january. they wanted it extended longer. they want the sequester spending cuts -- this seems to be the real heart of the problem -- rolled back. they're not going to have to live under the sequester spending cuts for a long period of time. if that comes out of the senate, will the house pass it? >> will it break the spending caps? >> y...