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MORNING. THE FIRST QUESTION -- THE BIG QUESTION IN WASHINGTON IS OBVIOUSLY THE BUDGET SITUATION. WITH REGARDS TO THE DEFENSE BUDGET, A LAW PASSED...
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| 00:01:02 |
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HOW WOULD VOTE. I WOULD PROBABLY VOTE NO. I HAVE TOLD THE WORLD -- I AM TRYING TO TELL THE WORLD THAT $464 -- WE ARE USING $465. I HEAR THERE IS $489...
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| 00:04:04 |
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SAID YOU LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT. HAVE YOU LET PEOPLE KNOW ON THE SUPER-COMMITTEE? DO YOU HAVE ANYONE IN PARTICULAR -- ANY ONE PARTICULAR EAR ON THAT...
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| 00:04:18 |
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I HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS WITH SENATOR KYL. HE HAS BEEN A STALWART ON THIS. I HAVE TALKED TO DAVE CAMP. I HAVE A MEETING WITH JEB HENSARLING THIS...
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| 00:05:38 |
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YES. I TALKED TO HIM LAST NIGHT. I HAD A MENTAL BLOCK THERE. THEY ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO MAKE SURE WE CUT WHERE WE WILL STILL REMAIN STRONG. BUT WHEN...
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| 00:06:58 |
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OUT OF COMMISSION AND LOSE THE LAST HALF OF ITS LIFETIME. THAT MAY BE ONE OF THE THINGS. WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE FINAL YET. IT IS JUST A STORY. >> CAN I...
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| 00:07:12 |
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UP ON THE OVERALL ISSUE OF DEFENSE SPENDING? CLEARLY, YOU THINK -- YOU ARE ARGUING IN FAVOR OF MAINTAINING A HIGH LEVEL OF DEFENSE SPENDING. THAT DOES...
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| 00:07:38 |
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HAVE WASTE IN ANY OF THE DEPARTMENT'S. -- DEPARTMENTS. >> WHAT YOU WANT THEM
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| 00:07:47 |
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TO DO? IS THERE ANYTHING THEY ARE BUYING THAT THEY SHOULD NOT BE BUYING? >> WE HAVE GOT
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| 00:07:54 |
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MAJOR PROGRAMS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. WE CUT THE F-22. THERE WAS A REASON FOR THAT. WHEN I CAME TO CONGRESS, WE WERE BUILDING THE BE-2, AND IT WAS SUPPOSED...
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| 00:08:53 |
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FORWARD, ANYTHING WE CAN CUT? >> I AM SURE THERE
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| 00:08:56 |
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ARE THINGS WE CAN CUT, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT. THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT, WHEN WE MEET NEXT WEEK WITH SECRETARY PANETTA, HE WILL GIVE US SOME SPECIFICS...
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| 00:10:20 |
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WE HAVE ABOUT 15 MINUTES LEFT. CHECK,UCK, WHY DON'T YOU JUMP IN? >> WE MENTIONED
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| 00:10:30 |
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THE AFGHANISTAN WAR. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE
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| 00:10:38 |
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ARE STILL WONDERING, CAN WIN WIN THERE? WHAT DOES VICTORY LOOK LIKE? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THOSE ISSUES? >> I NOT ONLY THING
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| 00:10:52 |
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WE CAN WIN, BUT I THINK WE ARE WINNING -- THINK WE CAN WIN, BUT I THINK WE ARE WINNING. WHEN I GOT THE JOB AS RANKING MEMBER, I KNEW THAT I NEEDED TO...
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| 00:14:30 |
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MEASURABLE PROGRESS IN TRAINING THE AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES. THERE HAS BEEN MEASURABLE IMPROVEMENT TO SECURITY, PARTICULARLY IN FORMER TALIBAN STRONGHOLD,...
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| 00:15:27 |
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I MET WITH THE GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY LEADERSHIP. IT IS NOT UTOPIA, BY A LONG WAYS. PAKISTAN IS NOT AMERICA. BUT WE MUST REMEMBER THEY DO HAVE NUCLEAR...
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| 00:16:51 |
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MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES LEFT. GO AHEAD. >>
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| 00:16:56 |
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AS THE PENTAGON SAID THAT, WHEN SECRETARY PANETTA TESTIFIES NEXT WEEK, THAT HE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME DETAILS ON WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO CUT SOME...
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| 00:17:07 |
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WITH HIM, WITH ADAM SMITH, THE TOP DEMOCRAT ON THE COMMITTEE. IT WAS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. WE WERE ALL, BY THE WAY, IN AGREEMENT THAT THE $465 BILLION...
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| 00:17:50 |
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DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL HAS BEEN REPEALED. YOUR APPEAL, WHICH HAS PASSED THE HOUSE, THE DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, WOULD BAR MARRIAGES IN. I WOULD WAGER THE...
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| 00:18:23 |
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STRONGLY ABOUT THAT. IT PASSED OUT OF OUR COMMITTEE 60-TO-1, WITH A STRONG FLOW -- VOTE ON THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE. THIS IS ONE OF THE CONCERNS WE HAD,...
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| 00:18:54 |
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RIGHT. AND WE THINK CHAPLAINS SHOULD NOT BE FORCED TO DO SOMETHING THAT GOES AGAINST THEIR CONSCIENCE. AND THEY WOULD NOT BE FORCED. IT WOULD BE ALLOWED...
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| 00:19:16 |
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IT HAPPENED, THERE WERE ALREADY CALLS TO HAVE MARRIAGES. WE KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN HERE THAT IS WHY WE ASKED TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME AND NOT RUSH...
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| 00:19:59 |
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YOU, WORTH NOT HAVING A DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL? >> YES. >> WHY
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| 00:20:09 |
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DO YOU THINK IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT SUSPECTED TERRORISTS BE HELD IN MILITARY CUSTODY AND NOT GET -- HAVE MILITARY TRIALS? >> THIS IS SOMETHING WE
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| 00:20:26 |
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HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR YEARS NOW. WHEN I GOT THIS JOB, I WANTED TO GO TO GUANTANAMO. I HAD NOT BEEN THERE. WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY IN GUANTANAMO....
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| 00:21:52 |
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TO GO. WHY WOULD WE WANT TO BRING THESE TERRORISTS WHO HAVE DONE THESE KINDS OF THINGS INTO THE COUNTRY AND PUT US AT MORE RISK? TO ME, IT DOES NOT...
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| 00:22:12 |
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TIME FOR TWO QUICK QUESTIONS. >> IS THIS SOMETHING
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| 00:22:16 |
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WHERE YOU WOULD PREFER NOT TO HAVE A BILL, YOU WOULD GO TO THE MAT ON? >>
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| 00:22:22 |
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YES. THESE ARE THINGS WE HAVE DONE IN THE HOUSE IN A BIPARTISAN WAY. THIS CANNOT AVERAGE -- THIS CAME OUT OF OUR COMMITTEE 60- TO-1. >> WHILE WE ARE
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| 00:22:38 |
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COMPILING A LIST, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD RATHER RISK NOT HAVING A BILL? >> LET'S GO THROUGH
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| 00:22:45 |
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REGULAR ORDER. WE HAVE A PROCESS. WE PASSED THE BILL IN THE HOUSE MONTHS AGO. WE'RE WAITING FOR THEM TO TAKE ACTION IN THE SENATE. I AM HOPING THEY...
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| 00:23:20 |
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QUESTION. , IT IS A GIVE-AND-TAKE PROCESS, BUT YOU'RE NOT ONE TO GIVE -- >> IT IS A
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| 00:23:24 |
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GIVE-AND-TAKE PROCESS, BUT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE ON THOSE ISSUES? >> RIGHT. >> FINAL QUESTION? >> HOW
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| 00:23:32 |
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ABOUT IRAQ? THE IMMUNITY ISSUE. THE IRAQIS WANT TO HAVE AMERICAN TROOPS STAYED PAST THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT NOT WITH IMMUNITY FROM LOCAL -- STAY PAST...
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| 00:23:57 |
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THIS YESTERDAY WITH GENERAL DEMPSEY DID THIS IS OF THE WE'RE WORKING ON. WE HAVE NOT COME TO AGREEMENT. UNFORTUNATELY, THE TIMELINE IS GETTING VERY LATE....
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| 00:25:09 |
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THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR "NEWSMAKER." >> THANK YOU. >> WE TALKED ABOUT
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| 00:25:18 |
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THE DEFICIT REDUCTION COMMITTEE, THE SUPER- COMMITTEE. HE IS UNDERSTANDING THERE ARE NO MORE DEFENSE CUTS ON THE TABLE. THAT IS ORIGINALLY WHAT HE THOUGHT...
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| 00:25:34 |
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NOT KNOW IF IT IS TRUE OR NOT. I WOULD BE SURPRISED. I DO NOT THINK THE SUPER- COMMITTEE EVEN KNOWS. I THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WOULD DISAGREE WITH...
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| 00:26:09 |
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SOME ALLIES. SENATOR JON KYL HAS SAID DEFENSE CUTS ARE OFF THE TABLE. IT SOUNDS LIKE HE IS MEETING WITH OTHERS AS WELL AND THE BENDING THEIR EARS. >>...
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| 00:26:23 |
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HIS ALLIES IS SECRETARY PANETTA HIMSELF, WHO HAS REPEATEDLY USED HIS MORAL AUTHORITY AS A FORMER DIRECTOR TOTO SAY THAT THEY NEED TO STAY AWAY FROM ALL...
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| 00:26:44 |
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THERE'S ANOTHER SHOWDOWN COMING BETWEEN THE SENATE DEMOCRATS AND HOUSE REPUBLICAN PUBLICANS -- THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS. AND IT WAS STUNNING TO SEE HIM...
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| 00:27:39 |
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WAS SURPRISED THEY WOULD LIKE TO REVISIT THE DEBATE ON DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL. THE DETAINEE PROVISION -- THIS IS AN ISSUE WHERE THEY BELIEVE THE POLLS...
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| 00:28:24 |
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IT THERE. THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF "NEWSMAKERS." WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE] [CAPTIONS COPYRIGHT...
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