poland by walking away from our missile defense commitments. but he s eager to give russia s putin the flexibility he desires after the election. i have to tell you i don t think he thinks that, i think he s reading that. i think dan senor wrote that for him. i think john bolton wrote it for him. it s a line of argument. first of all, have we thrown israel under the bus? you don t hear that from the defense minister over there. you don t even hear it from netanyahu. what is he talking about? if it s dan senor writing it why is hi parroting it? there is not a constituency for a war with iran. not even in that room. was this a hopped up war crowd in there? not really, i talked to senior citizens about medicare, republican women who said let s cut defense spending.
good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the big scare. with just four days in the congress high tails it out of washingt washington, there was plenty of talk about the looming consequences of the looming fiscal cliff. we re talking about tax cuts expiring for everyone automatically, payroll taxes going up, emergency unemployment benefits ending and, of course, the $1.2 trillion in so-called sequestration cuts. about half of that sum is going to come from defense. the obligation of the commander in chief is to act like the commander in chief, and that would be to prevent these cuts, which in the words of his own secretary of defense, would devastate our national security. interesting, acting like a commander in chief, because a lot of the previous commanders in chief have done a lot more than barack obama may be about to do. we ve certainly been here before. former president ronald reagan during his second term cut defense spending by about 10%. the c
there was plenty of talk about the dire consequences of the looming fiscal cliff. we re talking about tax cuts expiring for everyone automatically, payroll taxes going up, emergency unemployment benefits ending and, of course, the $1.2 trillion in so-called sequestration cuts. about half of that sum is going to come from defense. the obligation of the commander in chief is to act like the commander in chief, and that wld be to prevent these cuts, which in the words of his own secretary of defense, would devastate our national security. interesting, acting like a commander in chief, because a lot of the previous commanders in chief have done a lot more than barack obama may be about to do. we ve certainly been here before. ronald reagan during his second term cut defense spending by about 10%. the cold war was winding down. those cuts continued under former president george h.w. bush, about 18% in cuts. and then former president clinton. clinton did start to increase defen
with four days before congress high-tails it out of washington, there was plenty of talk about the dire consequences of the looming fiscal cliff. we re talking about tax cuts expiring for everyone automatically, payroll taxes going up, emergency unemployment benefits ending and, of course, the $1.2 trillion in so-called sequestration cuts. about half of that sum is going to come from defense. the obligation of the commander in chief is to act like the commander in chief, and that would be to prevent these cuts, which in the words of his own secretary of defense, would devastate our national security. interesting, acting like a commander in chief, because a lot of the previous commanders in chief have done a lot more than barack obama may be about to do. we ve certainly been here before. ronald reagan during his second term cut defense spending by about 10%. the cold war was winding down. those cuts continued under former president george h.w. bush, about 18% in cuts. and
addressed the nation tonight, and went in to real specifics about what he has proposed for deficit reduction, as well as the ideas that others have proposed, which he can support, like harry reid s latest plan that specifies the 2.3 trillion spending cuts. tim pawlenty issued this bold statement. once again president obama did not have the courage to offer real solutions to fix runaway debt. . of course, pawlenty s statement ignores what the president said tonight. no, pawlenty s statement actually lies about what the president said. let s live within our means by making serous historic cuts in government spending. let s cut domestic spending to the lowest level since dwight eisenhower was in office. let s cut defense spending by hundreds of millions of dollars