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JOURNAL" CONTINUES. HOST: WE ARE
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
CONTINUING OUR SERIES, LOOKING AT DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE FISCAL CLIFF TALKS. JOINING US NOW IS ROBERT LEVENSON, A SENIOR DEFENSE ANALYST AT BLOOMBERG...
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
IT IS A FUNNY TERM. IF YOU HAVE LOOKED IT UP ON GOOGLE 20 MONTHS AGO, IT WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH COAL AND CARBON, BUT THIS IS ABOUT AUTOMATIC...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
COME ABOUT? WHERE IS IT HEADED? CALLER: AS WE
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CALLER, -
RECALL FROM LAST YEAR, THERE WAS A CRISIS OVER RAISING THE DEBT CEILING. REPUBLICANS DEMANDED SOME CUTS FROM CONGRESS. THEY AGREED TO $1 TRILLION IN CUTS,...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
ARE THE DEFENSE SEQUESTRATION CUTS BEING APPLIED? ARE WE SURE? GUEST: WE ARE NOT
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
EXACTLY SURE, BUT THE LAW SAYS THAT EVERY PROGRAM AND ACTIVITY MUST BE CUT BY THE SAME PERCENTAGE. THERE MAY BE SOME FLEXIBILITY, BUT THE UNDERSTANDING...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
ON THE TABLE FOR THE PENTAGON? GUEST: EVERYTHING
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
CAN BE CUT, BUT THE PRESIDENT HAS THE POWER TO EXEMPT MILITARY PERSONNEL, AND HE HAS INDICATED THAT HE WOULD DO THAT. EVERYTHING ELSE IS BASICALLY ON...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
WHAT ABOUT PROCUREMENT? CALLER:
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CALLER, -
THINGS THAT THEY BUY. -- GUEST: THINGS THAT THEY BUY. AND AGAIN, ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMS, LIKE THE 30 -- LIKE A FIGHTER JET, THAT IS ON THE TABLE AS WELL....
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, WHAT IS THAT? GUEST OF THE MONEY THAT THE MILITARY SPENDS TO BUILD THE BASES AND VARIOUS OTHER FACILITIES. HOST: TESTING AND
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
EVALUATION, IS THAT BIG MONEY?
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
GUEST: IT CAN BE. BEFORE WEAPONS SYSTEMS ARE BUILT THERE IS A WHOLE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FUND. HOST: LET'S
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
TALK ABOUT WHAT IS NOT ON THE TABLE. GUEST: THE
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
MILITARY PERSONNEL ARE NOT ON THE TABLE. RETIREMENT, MANDATORY SPENDING, NOT ON THE TABLE. PENSIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE RETIRED FROM THE MILITARY, THOSE...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
CLOSURES? GUEST: THAT IS
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
BECAUSE OF THE LAW. SEQUESTRATION CANNOT RESULT IN A BASE CLOSURE. THEY CAN DOWNSIZE THE BASE, CLOSE UNITS, BUT THEY CANNOT CLOSE AN ENTIRE BASE. THAT...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
THE LAST POINT WE ARE SHOWING OUR VIEWERS, FUNDING FOR THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN IS NOT ON THE TABLE? GUEST: EFFECTIVELY,
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
IT IS, BUT IT WAS THOUGHT THAT ORIGINALLY THERE WAS AN EXEMPTION FOR FUNDING IN AFGHANISTAN. THE PENTAGON HAS SAID THAT THEY WOULD GET EVERYTHING THEY...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
AUTOMATIC SPENDING CUTS GO THROUGH, WHO MAKES THE DECISION ABOUT WHAT GETS CUT?
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
GUEST: THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET WILL HELP TO CRAFT THIS, SAYING THAT THIS IS THE PERCENTAGE AND THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO CUT. THERE WILL BE...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
GOES THROUGH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $109 BILLION? GUEST AT A SPLIT BETWEEN THE PENTAGON AND NON-DEFENSE SPENDING. HOST: WHAT IMPACT DO
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
YOU THINK THAT THAT HAS? GUEST: AND LOT OF THIS
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
MONEY WOULD NOT BE SPENT IN 2013. IT IS PROBABLY ABOUT $30 BILLION THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE FELL. BUT THERE WILL BE SOME IMPACT. LIKE I MENTIONED, HEALTH...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
TO ROBERT LEVENSON -- ROBERT LEVINSON. FOR REPUBLICANS, 202-585-3881. FOR DEMOCRATS, 202-585-3880. FOR INDEPENDENTS, 202-585-3882. WE HAVE A SPECIAL LINE...
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CALLER, -
DID AN EXECUTIVE ORDER FOR PEOPLE THAT DO NOT BELONG IN THE UNITED STATES TO GET FREE HEALTH CARE AND MEDICAL SCHOOLING. THERE IS ANOTHER THING, THE CARTEL'S...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
ISSUE, THESE PENDING CUTS, IS IT THAT? GUEST: THERE
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
HAS BEEN SOME HYPERBOLE OVER THIS TRAUMATIC IMPACT. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 9.4% IN 2013. THE MORE SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IS NOT SO MUCH TO BE ABOUT -- NOT...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
WE HAVE SHOWN YOU THIS, BUT HERE IS ANOTHER GRAPHIC FROM THE FISCAL 2013 SEQUESTRATION, THE ESTIMATED DISTRIBUTION FOR 2013, THAT OVERALL NUMBER, $65...
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CALLER, -
21 YEARS IN THE NAVY AND EVERY YEAR ON A SHIP THEY WERE ORDERED TO PUSH EQUIPMENT OFF INTO THE OCEAN SO THAT THEY COULD GET AN INCREASE IN THEIR BUDGET...
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
BUYING POWER IS THE NAME OF A PENTAGON INITIATIVE. EVERYONE RECOGNIZES THAT THEIR BUDGET, WHICH HAS NOT CONSISTENTLY SINCE 1998, PARTICULARLY A LOT IN...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
LOOK AT MAJOR WEAPONS SYSTEMS THAT COULD SEE A SCALING BACK IN SPENDING, THE PREDATOR DRONES AIRCRAFT, JOINT LIGHT TECHNICAL VEHICLES, TALK ABOUT THESE...
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
35 IS THE LARGEST PROGRAM IN THE HISTORY OF THE PENTAGON. THE PROCUREMENT GOES OUT LIKE 20 YEARS. THERE IS A TOTAL FOR THE UNITED STATES OF A COUPLE OF...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
GO AHEAD. CALLER: I
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CALLER, -
WORK FOR SMALL BUSINESS. ALL THAT WE DO IS DEFENSE MANUFACTURING. I AGREE THAT THE COSTS GET OUT OF CONTROL. PROCUREMENT IS AN ISSUE. FOR INSTANCE,...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
YOU KNOW WHY THAT IS? CALLER:
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CALLER, -
MY GUESS IS THAT IT COSTS MONEY TO INVENTORY WHAT THEY DID NOT NEED. THAT IS THE ONE VARIABLE I CAN THINK OF SAYING THAT MAYBE THEY CANNOT INVENTORY...
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
OF THAT, DOES YOUR COMPANY ALWAYS THINK THEY HAVE TO HAVE A MINIMUM BUY? CALLER: WE DID NOT,
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CALLER, -
THERE WAS MILITARY PACKAGING WITH IDENTIFICATION. IT GOES ON AND ON. WE HAVE TO COVER OURSELVES IN CASE THE CONTRACT REQUIRED US TO SHIP TO ANOTHER COUNTRY....
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
YOUR COMPANY MAKES MONEY? CALLER: I WOULD SAY IT IS
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CALLER, -
A 50/50. YES, WE KEEP THE BALANCE GOING.
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOST: OK. GUEST: HE
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
IS RIGHT. THE PENTAGON IS THE LARGEST BUREAUCRACY IN SOME WAYS. SOMETIMES THERE ARE A LOT OF RULES THAT PROBABLY DO COST A LOT OF WASTE. THE PENTAGON...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
OF "THE WASHINGTON TIMES." HE WAS THE STAFF DIRECTOR AND HE NOTES THAT THEY FOUND NO FEWER THAN 800 LAWS GOVERNING EVERYTHING TO POST EMPLOYMENT ETHICS....
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
CONGRESS HAS GOTTEN VERY INVOLVED IN PROCUREMENT. THERE ARE LAWS THAT GO BACK TO THE CIVIL WAR. THE CONGRESS TRIES TO LEGISLATE THESE THINGS AND TRIES...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
POST" REPORTS THIS MORNING THAT PENTAGON AWARDS ARE DOWN. DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? GUEST: THE PENTAGON BUDGET
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
IS GOING DOWN SO CONTRACTORS ARE GOING TO DROP. THERE MAY BE SOME GOING ON WHERE THEY DO NOT WANT TO SIGN A CONTRACT AND SAID, "LET'S WAIT UNTIL JANUARY...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
MORNING, RON. YOU ARE ON THE AIR. CALLER: WE ARE NOT
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CALLER, -
LOOKING AT THE RIGHT THING. LIKE THE CONGRESSMAN AND THE LOBBYIST. THEY ARE NOT PUTTING ANY SKIN IN THE GAME. THEY ARE NOT MAKING SACRIFICES. LOOK AT...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
LEVINSON? GUEST: THE CALLER IS RIGHT
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
ABOUT THE UNITED STATES SPENDING AS MUCH AS THE NEXT 17 NATIONS COMBINED. MANY OF OUR ALLIES LIKE FRANCE AND ENGLAND. THE UNITED STATES IS A GLOBAL POWER...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
WE SPEND? GUEST: ABOUT $600 BILLION
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
A YEAR FROM YEAR TO YEAR. IT IS HARD TO ESTIMATE COUNTRIES LIKE CHINA BECAUSE THEY ARE NOW PRICING THINGS THE SAME WAY. THEY HAVE LARGE LAND FORCES AND...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
TWITTER. GUEST: THAT REFERS
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
TO OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS. THIS IS A FUND THAT PAID FOR THE WARS IN IRAQ. IT IS ABOUT $88 BILLION IN THAT ACCOUNT. THERE IS A PENTAGON AND WASHINGTON...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
REPUBLICAN CALLER. GO AHEAD. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
I AM AMAZED I GOT THROUGH. I THINK WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH TRIBULATION. A BROKEN AMERICAN HEART.
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOST: CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE? CALLER: THE OBAMA NATION
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CALLER, -
MUST FALL AND THE AMERICAN HEART WILL BREAK.
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOST: OK. ED, ARE YOU IN THE MILITARY? CALLER: I AM
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CALLER, -
RETIRED MILITARY. DOES HE KNOW THAT THE MILITARY HAS A PLAN TO HANDLE THE SEQUESTER? GUEST: FOR A LONG
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
TIME THEY WERE DIRECTED NOT TO DO ANY PLANNING. THEY WERE TOLD TO KEEP SPENDING MONEY. THEY HAVE COME OFF OF THAT IN RECENT WEEKS. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WITH CONTRACTORS. A 44% IN CONTRACTING. FOR CONTRACTORS, A REDUCTION IN NEW CONTRACT AWARDS -- HOST: WHAT IS
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
THE IMPACT OF THIS? GUEST: IF
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
THE PENTAGON HAS LESS MONEY, THERE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL THE STATEMENTS. THE PENTAGON DOES NOT WANT TO BREAK EXISTING CONTRACTOS. THEY COULD BE FORCED...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
VISTA, CALIFORNIA. HOST: WHAT SLIP BY IN
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
THE ANSWER -- LOOK AT CHINA. THEY ARE NOT AS TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED AS FAR AS MILITARY. THEY HAVE ONE AIRCRAFT CARRIER AND A SMALL AIR FORCE. THAT...
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
IS CORRECT WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT CHINA. THEY ARE JUST BARELY BEGINNING TO USE AIRCRAFT CARRIERS AND THINGS LIKE THIS. THEY ARE MUCH MORE FOCUSED AT HOME....
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
IS WHY WE ARE FOCUSING ON THIS THIS MORNING, FOCUSING IN ON THE PENTAGON AND SEQUESTRATION. THAT CALL IT PUT THE FIGURE OF THE WARS AT $300 BILLION. GUEST:...
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
HIREGHER. IT PROBABLY GOES HIGHER THAN THAT NUMBER.
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOST: OVERALL? GUEST: THE OCO FUNDING GOT
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
UP TO ABOUT $170 BILLION AT ITS HIGHEST POINT. IT IS WELL IN EXCESS OF $300 BILLION. WE ARE PROBABLY TALKING CLOSE TO A TRILLION DOLLARS, DEPENDING ON...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
THE MILITARY?
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CALLER, -
CALLER: RETIRED.
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOST: GO AHEAD. CALLER: WE HAD
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CALLER, -
A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY WE HAD TO SPEND ON REPAIR PORTS EVERY QUARTER. WE WERE TOLD IF YOU DO NOT SPEND IT, YOU LOSE THAT MONEY FOR THE FOLLOWING QUARTER....
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
ANY OTHER CONSEQUENCES TO NOT SPENDING WHAT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO SPEND? CALLER: I HAD
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CALLER, -
TO SPEND THAT MONEY THAT I WAS TOLD I HAD TO SPEND OR I COULD NOT USE IT ANY OTHER TIME. I HAVE A PART THAT BREAKS LATER ON. I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
UNDERSTAND THAT. ANY CONSEQUENCES FOR YOU PERSONALLY WHEN THEY DO NOT SPEND THE MONEY THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO SPEND? CALLER: NOT FOR
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CALLER, -
US PERSONALLY BUT FOR THE SQUADRON OF THE SHIP. GUEST: I WAS IN THE
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
MILITARY FOR 20 YEARS. AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, THERE WAS OFTEN TIME A RUSH TO SPEND MONEY. IT IS TRUE. PERVERSE INCENTIVE IS YOU DO NOT HAVE...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
PENTAGON CALCULATE HOW MUCH THEY ARE SPENDING? GUEST: CONGRESS HAS
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
PUSHED THE PENTAGON TO AUDIT IT SPENDING. THEY ARE PREPARING FOR AN AUDIT SO THEY CAN TRACK ALL OF THE DOLLAR S. THEY PLAY AROUND WITH THE BUDGET AND...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
FIRST DEADLINE/
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
GUEST: 2014. HOST: ZACK FROM NEW
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HAMPSHIRE. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
GOOD MORNING. I HAVE A QUESTION -- WHEN WE FIRST DECIDED TO GO TO WAR, WAS THERE ANY SPENDING CUTS PRIOR TO THAT? WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO BE SPENDING...
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
NOT CUT ANY OF THEIR SPENDING. WE CUT TAXES AT THE SAME TIME. THERE WASN'T ANY OFFSET FOR THE WAR COSTS THAT THE PENTAGON HAS INCURRED. THERE WAS NO OFFSET....
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
GO AHEAD. CALLER: I AM A DISABLED
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CALLER, -
NOW. I WAS PRIVATE CABINET MAKER. I MAINTAINED 75% OF OVERHEAD TO BUILD SHIPPING CRATES MADE OUT OF WOOD. THE SPECS WERE PRETTY RIGID. DIFFERENT SIZED...
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
IS WASTE IN THE SYSTEM. THERE ARE SOME HOT LINES AND THERE ARE SOME WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS AND SOME THINGS DO OCCASIONALLY COME TO LIGHT. SOME OF THESE...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
PANETTA SAYING ABOUT THIS? GUEST: HE IS CONCERNED
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
ABOUT SEQUESTRATION. I THINK WHAT HE RESENTS IS THIS ACROSS THE BOARD MEAT AXE APPROACH TO CUTTING THE BUDGET. THEY WENT THROUGH A STRATEGIC REVIEW AND...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
SAYS THIS.
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
GUEST: THAT IS MY HOME STATE OF VIRGINIA. 13% OR 14% OF THE STATE'S ECONOMY. THE PENTAGON IS AND VIRGINIA. THEN THERE'S THE NORFOLK- CHESAPEAKE BAY AREA....
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
TWITTER. HOST: HIGHUGH
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
IS NEXT. CALLER: GOOD
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CALLER, -
MORNING. I FIND IT IN THE DEBATE ABOUT AMERICANS' DEFENSE BUDGET THAT THERE IS A LOT OF MYTHOLOGY AND MISUNDERSTANDING BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND...
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
THIRD OF THE PENTAGON BUDGET GOES TO PERSONNEL COST. THAT IS THE SALARIES AND HEALTH CARE AND HOUSING. IN LARGE PART OF THE HEALTH-CARE BILL IS GUYS...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HAVE ANOTHER JOB. GUEST: THAT IS
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
CORRECT. I PAY A SMALL AMOUNT EVERY YEAR. MY WIFE AND KIDS CAN STAY ON UNTIL THEY ARE 26. THE PENTAGON IS BILLING MY EMPLOYER. THESE COSTS ARE GROWING....
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
SEQUESTRATION, TRI- CARE IS ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK. THAT IS SOMETHING THE PENTAGON WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT. GUEST: TRICARE IS ROUGHLY
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
SHY OF $50 BILLION. THIS PAYS FOR THE ACTIVE DUTY PEOPLE AND THEIR DEPENDENTS. THEY HAVE NO CO-PAYS OR DEDUCTIBLES. THERE'S A PROGRAM CALLED TRICARE FOR...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
JOBS WOULD BE CUT. WHO WOULD BE CUT? GUEST: AROUND 100,000
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
FOLKS COULD LOSE THEIR JOBS. CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE , THEIR SALARIES ARE PART OF THAT. THE PENTAGON HAS TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
IN DETROIT. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
GOOD MORNING. I DIDN'T CATCH YOUR NAME. HOST:
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
ROB LEVINSON. CALLER: THE BUDGET CONTROL
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CALLER, -
ACT -- THE PURPOSE WAS TO IMPROVE THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS, CORRECT? GUEST: THE PURPOSE WAS
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
TO ALLOW THE COUNTRY TO RAISE THE DEBT CEILING. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MUCH BEYOND THAT ABOUT IMPROVING THE COST TO DO BUSINESS. GETTING THE SPENDING DOWN.
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CALLER, -
CALLER: OK. OBAMA, HIS PLAN IS TO SIGN THE SUPPORTING BILL. GUEST: HE HAS TO SIGN
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
A SEQUESTRATION ORDER IF HE AND THE CONGRESS CANNOT AGREE ON SOMETHING BEFORE THE STATE. CALLER: JOHN
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CALLER, -
BOEHNER IS SENDING FORTH A PLAN. GUEST: BOTH THE
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
PRESIDENT AND SPEAKER BOEHNER HAVE IDEAS ABOUT AVOIDING THE KIND. THERE IS SOME DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM ON TAXES. BOTH SIDES ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO COMPROMISE....
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CALLER, -
OK. AM I UNDERSTAND THIS CORRECTLY? THE PENTAGON MADE SEQUESTER 13%. IS THAT CORRECT? GUEST: THE BILL
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
IS ABOUT $54 BILLION. AT IS THE NUMBER THE PENTAGON HAS TO TAKE OUT OF THEIR 2013. THAT IS ABOUT 9.4% OF THE BUDGET. CALLER: OK,
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CALLER, -
THANKS. HOST: TROY IN
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
PITTSBURGH. CALLER: THEY SHOULD HAVE
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CALLER, -
THOUGHT THIS OUT BEFORE THE WAR GOT STARTED. THEY DID WERE BONDS AND RAISED -- THEY DID WAR BONDS AND RAISE TAXES AFTER WORLD WAR I. THIS WAR IS STILL...
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
WITH 9/11, AND THAT WAS THRUST UPON US WITH A HORRIBLE ATTACK. NOW WE ARE AT WAR AND WE HAVE TO FIGHT THESE THINGS. THERE WASN'T A LOT OF THINKING ABOUT...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
AT CONTRACTS IN NOVEMBER, THE FOREIGN MILITARY FAIL PROGRAM. WHAT IS THE -- FOREIGN MILITARY SALES PROGRAM. GUEST: WE PROVIDE THE
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
EQUIPMENT TO OUR ALLIES. IN SOME CASES, THE ALLIES PAY FOR IT. WE GIVE ISRAEL ABOUT $3 BILLION A YEAR WHICH THEY SPEND IT ON OUR MILITARY HARDWARE....
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
FROM "THE WASHINGTON POST." GUEST: SAUDI ARABIA
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
IS PAYING FOR THEIR OWN STUFF. SOME OF THAT WILL BE MANAGED BY THE PENTAGON. HOST: THEY WILL
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
BE SPENDING THEIR MONEY ON THIS. GUEST:
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
THEY ARE SPENDING THEIR OWN MONEY. IT STILL GOES TO THE FOREIGN MILITARY SALES PROGRAM. WE'RE PAYING THE BILL AND GIVING MONEY TO THE OTHER COUNTRY SO...
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CALLER, -
I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE. I AM RETIRED. I WAS TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE OUR U.S. POSTAL SERVICE IS GOING OR...
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
GUEST: THE POSTAL SERVICE IS UNUSUAL. THEY ARE FUNDING WITH THE STAMPS THAT WE BUY. CONGRESS HAS PUT IN SOME MONEY. THAT'S NOT AFFECTED BY THE SEQUESTRATION...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
TWITTER. GUEST: I DO NOT
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
THINK ANYTHING IS BY DESIGN. THESE THINGS IN SOME CASES GO BACK 100 AND 150 YEARS. VIRGINIA 14 PRESIDENT OBAMA THIS YEAR -- THE VIRGINIA THIS TIME 14...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
A PICTURE OF BUCK MCKEON, REPUBLICAN OF CALIFORNIA. DOES HE HAVE A SAY IN THE NEGOTIATIONS? GUEST:
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
ABSOLUTELY. HE HAS BEEN VOCAL ABOUT THE DAMAGE SEQUESTRATION COULD DO. HE WANTS TO SEE THE PENTAGON AVOID IT. HE HAS A BIT OF A BUYER'S REMORSE. HE IS...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOST: FRANK, WHAT IS YOUR BACKGROUND? CALLER: RETIRED NATIONAL
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CALLER, -
GUARD. WHAT IS THE SITUATION BETWEEN OFFICERS AND ENLISTED? I DO GET TRICARE AND ALL THE BENEFITS. HOW WILL THE SEQUESTRATION AFFECT ME? GUEST: IN TERMS...
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
THE RATIO, IT HAS BEEN GOING UP. A LOT OF PEOPLE IN CONGRESS ARE CONCERNED THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY GENERALS. THE AIR FORCE HAS BEEN UNDER CRITICISM FOR...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
YEAR? GUEST:
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
THAT WOULD BE THE CUT FOR 2013. FISCAL 2013 HAS ALREADY BEGUN. HOST: MIKE IS
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
A DEMOCRAT FROM FLORIDA. CALLER: GOOD TO TALK WITH
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CALLER, -
YOU. I LIVED ALL OVER THE WORLD. ONE THING THAT SURPRISES ME IS HOW THE HINDSIGHT ABOUT WARS THAT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE DECLARED IN THE FIRST PLACE GOES FORWARD...
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
NOT FORMALLY DECLARED A WAR SINCE WORLD WAR II. WARS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE THINGS. THEY CONSUME TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS OF RESOURCES. AND THE HEALTH CARE OF...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
IS FURTHER MILITARY ACTION IN SYRIA, DOES THAT HAVE ANY IMPACT? GUEST: THE
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
PENTAGON WOULD NEED FUNDING FOR THOSE THINGS. WHEN LIBYA CAME UP, THE PENTAGON DOES WHAT IT IS TOLD TO DO AND GOES AND FIGHTS AND GOES BACK TO CONGRESS...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
TWITTER. GUEST: THAT IS A TOUGH
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
QUESTION. I DO NOT KNOW. ONCE YOU GET UP TO MAJOR, LIEUTENANT COLONEL, YOU ARE GETTING CLOSE TO THAT NUMBER. THEY INDOOR TREMENDOUS HARDSHIPS AND OFTEN...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
IN WOODBRIDGE, VIRGINIA. CALLER: GOOD
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CALLER, -
MORNING. I AM A FORMER MARINE AND A MILITARY BRAT. MY FATHER RETIRED FROM THE NAVY. I HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF ACTIVE DUTY. I THINK THERE IS MISINFORMATION...
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
WELL ENOUGH. GENERALS AND ADMIRALS ARE NOT PAID NEARLY WHAT CEO'S ARE PAID. IT DOESN'T COME CLOSE. THE TURMOIL OF THE JOINT CHIEFS MAKES A COUPLE OF...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOST: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. GUEST: IT HAS BEEN A
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Levinson, Robert - Senior Analyst
PLEASURE. HOST: FIRST A NEWS
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
UPDATE FROM C-SPAN RADIO. >> MORE
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Unidentified Speaker, -
ON DEFENSE. "MANY OLD-TIME DEFENSE HAWKS ARE ON THEIR WAY OUT OF CONGRESS, LEAVING A VOID AT THE WRONG TIME. HALF A DOZEN OF HEAVYWEIGHTS SUCH AS DICK...
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