and karen donfreed, t. admiral first to you because you have the uniform. let s talk about nato. it s a military alliance. the president has repeatedly complained about nato s individual countries defense contributions which is really how much they re spending of their own companies gdp. it s not like they re putting money into a nato bucket. but he has kind of confused all of that and gone after angela merkel and other allies. he has indeed. it is a military alliance but its center of gravity is political. and thus when the president continues to bang away at the allies for defense spending increases, he kind of weakens the fabric a bit.
of the clinton administration were rocky and chaotic. and history was not on their side. in every midterm election since world war ii, the incumbent president s party had lost seats in the house of representatives. so the long, hot summer in washington left many asking, was the comeback kid out of comebacks? we believe in this contract and these reforms so deeply. republicans, led by minority whip newt gingrich of georgia, unveiled their blueprint to take back congress called the contract with america. it was a bold agenda that included tax reform, defense-spending increases, and congressional term limits. i don t think this contract is a good idea, because it promises everybody a tax cut, promises a defense increase, promises to revive star wars, and promises to balance a budget. meanwhile, the clinton domestic agenda, which included the first lady s comprehensive healthcare plan, had stalled. hillary clinton got a policy portfolio in the white house in
republican congressman mark meadows of north carolina. i m going to be a skull, i remember that s my job. it seems timely question would be about what s happened this past week. the markets, nobody knows why the markets went down. nobody really knows why the markets went up. lot of automated trading. but at the same time, there s stories about rising concerns about the debt. that donald trump right. donald trump s first year he s going to have to borrow an additional trillion dollars that, you know, you look, big tax cuts, big defense spending increases, medicare is not touched, social security is not touched. there are no real spending cuts. and this is exactly what
the country, and the early years of the clinton administration were rocky and chaotic. and history was not on their side. in every midterm election since world war ii, the incumbent president s party had lost seats in the house of representatives. so the long, hot summer in washington left many asking, was the comeback kid out of comebacks? we believe in this contract and these reforms so deeply. republicans, led by minority whip newt gingrich of georgia, unveiled their blueprint to take back congress called the contract with america. it was a bold agenda that included tax reform, defense-spending increases, and congressional term limits. i don t think this contract is a good idea, because it promises everybody a tax cut, promises a defense increase, promises to revive star wars, and promises to balance a budget. meanwhile, the clinton domestic agenda, which included the first lady s comprehensive healthcare plan, had stalled. hillary clinton got a policy portfolio in the
of the clinton administration were rocky and chaotic. and history was not on their side. in every midterm election since world war ii, the incumbent president s party had lost seats in the house of representatives. so the long, hot summer in washington left many asking, was the comeback kid out of comebacks? we believe in this contract and these reforms so deeply. republicans, led by minority whip newt gingrich of georgia, unveiled their blueprint to take back congress called the contract with america. it was a bold agenda that included tax reform, defense-spending increases, and congressional term limits. i don t think this contract is a good idea, because it promises everybody a tax cut, promises a defense increase, promises to revive star wars, and promises to balance a budget. meanwhile, the clinton domestic agenda, which included the first lady s comprehensive healthcare plan, had stalled. hillary clinton got a policy portfolio in the white house in