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But not in the service any more. he tweeted, quote, a military strained by 17 years of war and sequestrati sequestration doesn't need this. and the u.s. doesn't need its military to, quote, defend against a group of unarmed migrants, including many women and kids. do you agree with him? >> well, i don't know whether they're needed or not. i don't know whether we've got other assets available. and i know that secretary mattis would be very forthright and say this would be the number that's needed. that's really hard to comment on. i think you should send what's needed. this particular announcem...

>> it's not supposed to happen. you just don't -- you don't think it's going to happen to your child. >> reporter: her son, john hoagland, one of the ten presumed dead in the collision. si cynthia is yet another grieving mother. in five of the major accidents since may, more than 40 servicemen and women have died. >> i think it's probably approaching a readiness crisis. >> reporter: stemming from a variety of issues, including the 16-year war on terror, increasing conflicts and tensions around the globe, and budget caps tied to s sequestrati sequestration. >> i think our competitive advantage ...

Special committee, a select committee. what are her numbers today? her numbers are dropping. why? because she's untrustable. but no one would have known any of that had happened. >> i agree. i give you credit for sequestrati sequestration, i'll give you credit where credit is due. but here's what every conservative wants to know. >> yes. >> are you willing to defund obamacare and use your constitutional authority? are you willing to use the power of the purse to defund planned parenthood? will you use the power of the purse to stop the power grab of this president through the use of executive ...

Off. he survived the cut. many of his friends did not and will not as the army goes from 520,000 soldiers to 450,000. many of those combat veterans, some knowing they are under review and given pink slips while overseas. >> when other people who are sitting on your right hand and left hand start getting those pink slips i want feels like maybe i am next. >> reporter: in a similar move the army unschopped several thousands of soldiers after the vietnam war. >> it took decades, number one, for the individuals to recover but most importantly for the army to recover. because there was the sense in...

Time. >> oh, that will get you nowhere. go ahead. >> so, secondly, i agree with your point. i think if we took a step back and looked at the past three years we've had a fairly robust regiment in place, we've cut a lot of money, in part, due to the sequester, and it's led to lowering and lowering the deficit. if you put that in the context of what the budget proposal suggests, it's only a modest increase in spend, talking about 56 billion, like you mentioned, split between defense, nondefense, and it's paid for. we established that the budget agreed to by patty murray and paul ryan, those spen...