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Didn't we have more military assets available to come to the assistance of the consulate? some people think that we could have gotten there, actually had the air force command, had the military command to help the consulate. others say they were a position too far away. i think it is important for him to say what are we doing for the future to make sure if an embassy or consulate does come under attack we can get military assets there to provide assistance to those americans who are under attack. >> shannon: congressman, i want to ask you about something else that the secretary talked about on...

The u.s. economy in the fourth quarter, dois the president goi to be more aggressive in trying to find a way to stop the so-called sequester, the automatic defense cuts that would go through, which could it looks like now -- we already know the economic impact defense cuts have had last quarter. these would obviously slow down the economy even more. is the president going to refocus on this. >> the president has been focused on this for some time. the president made a submission to the super committee a year ago or so, which would have reduced our deficits in a balanced way, eliminated the seq...

Dodging one bullet as congress gets ready to extend the debt ceiling, but another budget battle could shut down the entire federal government. rich edson is lye on capitol hill for the fox business network. what's going on, rich? >> reporter: good afternoon, jon. in a couple of days, the senate will vote on a proposal to extend the debt ceiling out til may, so if the senate does, it heads to the white house for the president's signature, and that reorders the calendar of deadlines as far as spending is concerned, so next up would be the government spending cuts, the automatic spending cuts kno...

Tweet them to us at fox friends first or e-mail to us at foxfriendsfirst@foxnews.com. 12 after the hour. even if the defense department vieds the automatic sequestration cuts in march some say the military could receive cuts. jennifer griffin explains why. a long time teacher is fired for give ago student exactly what he wanted a copy of the bible. a look at the gas prices. the national average 3.31 cents. that's unchanged from yesterday.

Another one hour is designated for strategic outreach to community leaders and potential donors and one to two hours for community invitation. that leaves, oh, three to four hours per day reserved for actual legislating. meanwhile, there is still a stack of homework waiting for lawmakers to tackle. at the end of february there is the triple threat, the automatic spending cuts, the debt ceiling, and a continuing resolution to fund the government. there are also two pieces of legislation that embarrassingly congress dropped the ball on last year are, relief for victims of hurricane sandy and ren...