being cut. does this affect our national security? joining us is pete hegseth. good morning to you, pete. this is the result of sequestration, that big, long word that had to do with the fact that democrats and republicans couldn't get their act together to come up with how to cut our deficit and now this is the end result; right? >> absolutely this is the end result. this is directly how d.c. washington dysfunction acts our national security. because politicians left and right are unwilling to come together and reform things that clearly need reform, whether it's the i.r.s., who anyone who has their head out of the sand knows has serious problems or whether it is the defense department where there is waste to be cut, but no one is willing to make the tough political calls to get it done. so instead cuts fall on the backs of the trigger pullers, whether it's benefits or combat pay. and the big stuff that should be reformed never gets touched. >>gretchen: last we can we were talking about the fact that these danger zones -- i believe there