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We have changed for the first time since f.d.r. since f.d.r. we have always had the strategy of saying we could fight in two conflicts at once. now we are changing to one conflict. look, this, in my view, is the highest responsibility of the president of the united states which is to maintain the safety of the american people and i will not cut our military budget by a trillion dollars, which is the combination of the budget cuts that the president has as well as a sequestration cuts. that, in my view, is making our future less certain and less secure. i won't do it. >> bob, let me make commen...

Political ad nicknamed the chinese professor and it resurfaced. it's supposed to highlight what the future might look like if we don't get our spending up control and china ends up effectively owning us. it's running until the sunday after election day. it happened to air last night just as the presidential candidates were taking up the contentious issue of defense cuts and our national debt. >> i will not cut our military budget by a trillion dollars which is a combination of the budget cuts the president has as well as the sequestration cuts. that is making our future less secure. >> first o...

Smaller than any time it was founded. we have changed for the first time since fdr, we have had the strategy to find in two conflicts at once. now we're changing to one conflict. this in my view is the highest responsibility of the president of the united states which is to maintain the safety of the american people. i will not cut our military budget by a trillion dollars, which is combination of the budget cuts as well as the sequestration cuts. that in my view is making our future less certain and less secure. >> i just need to comment on that. the sequester is not something i proposed. it ...

November there will be an effort to deal with it but kick it down the road for the 2013 congress. the minority found out according to the rules of the senate you can stop things from happening and blame the majority for getting nothing done. that's part of the blame game rather than --. >>neil: you said, senator, both sides are to blame and you both agreed if you could not get this solved you would have the back up plan of the automatic sequestration cuts. >>guest: i voted against it. i voted against it. >>neil: what happened, then, senator, they are looking at the reality the sequestration cu...

That is what is in story tonight. one thing republicans are seizing on is the letters this have gone out to a lot of defense contractors. is this wise? they are being told not to put out notices that they will lose their jobs because of automatic sequestration cuts. these letters have to go out, that is the way it generally works, when automatic spending cuts go out and they are helped in stone, does this mean they are not etched in stone? does this mean the president is playing politics here, to former virginia governor wilder, home to a number of against contractors which would be vulnerable...