levels levels which is $472 billion for a military budget and that soup like -- sounds like a lot of money. >>guest: can you not look at the budget in terms of the total amount but in terms of the capabilities it provides. also, what has happened. should the 20 department budget be on the table given financial crisis of the country? of course. and the leaders in. department realize that but the fact is, secretary gates before he left took $269 billion out of the defense department budget for efficiency and cut four junior programs stopping the f22, and the marine amphibious vehicle and cut a navy nuclear program and took the entire army's vehicle modernization program. since secretary panetta has come in, the white house gave him pink slip of $489 billion to