concrete sign that the budget uncertainty is going to have a real impact on national security. at a time when tensions are are high with iran over its nuclear program and negotiations might be coming soon, the u.s. had had a policy of having two aircraft carriers over the golf for the past two years. the uss eisenhower will deploy later this month. but it will go alone we re told to replace the uss. according to george little said facing budget uncertainty continuing budget resolution and across the board sequestration cuts made this request to the secretary and he approved. secretary of defense approved to reverse the deployment. uss truman at the very last minute, shep. shepard: what does it mean for the families on the uss truman? it really wreaks havoc on the lives of those family members of those sailors who were supposed to deploy on friday. the uss truman was supposed to leave on friday. they only heard today that they were not going.
are we possibly headed into further stagnation? well, you know, the political strategist side of things i ve never had to look so much at politics to figure out where the economy was going. i tell you, it s like watching the keystone cops. it s gotten ridiculous. going forward we do have momentum carrying us into 2012. that s the good news. we hope we don t lose it because of political ineptitude. that s what would kill it. we have a lot of icebergs ahead. we hope politicians are better at navigating turbulent water than the captain of the titanic. that said, where are the positives? the positives are there is a glimmer of hope in the labor market. looks like the situation bottomed out after things fell apart last spring and the summer. we re seeing momentum return to job hiring. not enough momentum, but some is better than none. particularly small business hiring, new business burst, that s very important to the back bone of the u.s. economy and where we re looking for str
going to happen in 2012. tell me where you sit right now is 2012 going to be a better year economically than 2011? is there going to be economic growth? are we possibly headed into further stagnation? well, you know, the political strategist side of things i ve never had to look so much at politics to figure out where the economy was going. i tell you, it s like watching the keystone cops. it s ridiculous. going forward we do have momentum carrying us into 2012. we hope we don t lose it because of political ineptitude. that s what would kill it. we have a lot of icebergs ahead. we hope politicians are better at navigating turbulent water than the titanic. a glimmer of hope in the labor market. looks like the situation bottomed out after things fell apart last spring and the summer. we re seeing momentum return to job hiring. some momentum but some is better than none. new business burst, that s important to the backbone of the u.s. economy. that s looking nor strength going
it doesn t look good right now. if they don t come to a decision of $1.2 trillion in cuts, what will happen to medicare and medicaid? senator? well, under the rules, it s an across the board sequestration that could amount to a 2% cut on the provider which is what congress would probably intervene before that happens. what we are suggesting is none of that is necessary. instead of trying to fight crimes or illegal activities after they occur, what billy and i have formed is a group that recommends to the committee to stop it before it ever happens and we ve proposed a whole series of recommendations to fight fraud before it occurs and not go after the bad actors after they ve committed the illegal activity. we think of fighting fraud before it happens is a better way to save the money. congressman, you ve put together this letter to members of congress and you re working under the title fight fraud first. but is it a little too late now?