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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110322:02:00:00

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110322:02:00:00
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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110322:05:08:00

he actually had a coalition? i m with the president on this one and i think if it is defined the way he says it is, limited in scope, this actually could be a situation where we don t hear from gadhafi for a long, long time. so what i think is going to happen is that we re going to have a libya with gadhafi. he might survive this. and then we re going to have a country with rebels who want democracy. this is all about democracy, people wanting freedom. i m with the president on this one. as i said, i think he deserves the benefit of the doubt. it s your call, mr. president. this is one american who s with you tonight. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. do you support military action against libya? text a for yes, b for no or go to our new blog at ed.msnbc.com. make your comment there and we ll bring you the results of the text poll later in the show. joining me tonight are a couple americans who don t see this story the same way. former pennsylvania congressman

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110322:02:08:00

why? because he didn t do it your way? he didn t go far enough? he actually had a coalition? i m with the president on this one and i think if it is defined the way he says it is, limited in scope, this actually could be a situation where we don t hear from gadhafi for a long, long time. so what i think is going to happen is that we re going to have a libya with gadhafi. he might survive this. and then we re going to have a country with rebels who want democracy. this is all about democracy, people wanting freedom. i m with the president on this one. as i said, i think he deserves the benefit of the doubt. it s your call, mr. president. this is one american who s with you tonight. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. do you support military action against libya? text a for yes, b for no or go to our new bl at ed.msnbc.com. make your comment there and we ll bring you the results of the text poll later in the show. joining me tonight are a couple

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majority of americans 51% want to cut military spending as a way to decrease the deficit. and if you think congress won t put up a fight, listen to the ranking member of the senate foreign relations committee, republican richard luger, out of indiana. it s a strange time in which almost all of our congressional days are spent talking about budget deficits, outrageous problems, and yet at the same time all of this passes which is a very expensive operation even in a limited way. which is a very expensive operation. now we have been in afghanistan for ten years. we ve been in iraq, this is year number eight. you mean to tell me mr. luger who has been in washington what, 30 years, all of a sudden he s concerned about the money that we re spending on a little pid ly operation of a no fly zone in

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tomahawk missiles cost between one and 1/2 million dollars each. aircraft operation and maintenance costs about $10,000 per hour. these are the costs of an operation that rely heavily on military hardware but if operation odyssey dawn continues for weeks or months, the pentagon may be out of cash it s going to need to fund all of this. now the defense department is already asking for $708 billion from congress this year partially to pay for the wars in iraq and afghanistan. did you get that number? $708 billion. a need for more money would require the pentagon to request emergency funding from congress. this comes after recent reuters/ipsos poll show the majority of americans 51% want to cut military spending as a way to decrease the deficit.

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