features of american government in this lifetime. america's spending what the rest of the world spends on defense combined and not debating it at home. that's what it's been like my whole life. could the defense part of that equation finally be beginning to change? joining us now is josh rogin, staff writer for "foreign policy" magazine and author of the blog "the cable." thanks for your time. >> thank you, welcome back. >> thank you. the piece says it all. lev vin and mccain, we have no idea how much debt deal cuts defense. they don't know what the defense cuts here are. is the vagueness of the numbers here intentional, do you think? >> it's totally intentional and it's intentional on all sides, republicans, democrats, administration have a vested