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government has gotten too big and complicated. that's not a revelation but he says he can fix it by streamlining, consolidating, simplifying. he said a leaner government would create a leaner and better national security. >> congress didn't consolidate on its side so now the department of homeland security reports to over 100 different congressional panels. that's a lot of paperwork. that's a lot of reports to prepare. that's not adding value. it's not making us safer. >> well, congress will have to approve a rewrite and republicans promise a careful review of that. military investig...

so let's get to it. as you heard here, about 90 minutes ago on cnn, the president said that the federal government has gotten too big and complicated. that's not a revelation but he says he can fix it by streamlining, consolidating, simplifying. he said a leaner government would create a leaner and better national security. >> congress didn't consolidate on its side so now the department of homeland security reports to over 100 different congressional panels. that's a lot of paperwork. that's a lot of reports to prepare. that's not adding value. it's not making us safer. >> well, con...

under questioning from park police totally uncooperative which raised suspicions. within his backpack were several pacts of substance labeled ammonium nitrate which can be used in explosives. testing indicated it was not ammonium nitrate. there were also notebooks with some notations mentioning al qaeda and taliban. again, there's no indication from any officials we're talking to this melaku has any formal ties to any terrorist organization. at the same time they tracked down his auto, they sent out a bomb squad with reports of a suspicious device in the car. then again that didn't p...

Budget negoiators are getting closer to a deal on deficit reduction trying to hone in on some $4 trillion in potential spending cuts. kristen welker is live for us at the white house. kristen, a republican john kyle said the goal is a deal by july 1st. does that seem doable? >> reporter: the answer is it's really not clear at this point. the one thing that all sides seem to agree on is chris, is think do want to get a deal done as quickly as possible. one white house official said they don't want to set a deadline for this. they just want to see a deal get done. vpd biden emerged from those bu...