now let s get you back to huckabee. about 40,000 troops are expected to leave afghanistan over the next 12 months. meantime, congress just voted to cut pensions of our veterans. so what does the future hold for our men and women in uniform? jason redman is a retired navy s.e.a.l. and the author of the book the trident. thanks for being here and thanks for your service to this country. [ applause ] thanks for having me, governor. as a veteran and wounded warrior, what did you feel? not just think but feel when congress they cut benefits to veterans in the last budget deal. governor, i saw it as a direct insult to every veteran, especially lir at a time when the united states military has been fighting in one of the longest wars in our nation s history. a very asemetric and the mental
periods for the previous 72 hours. fatigue is a critical issue in transportation. there s no reason why people coming home from a holiday should be dead. it just is no reason for it. ed rendell you talk about transportation and awful lot. you talk about infrastructure an awful lot. we ve been complaining about how bad it is around new york city. what gives? well, first of all, it s bad but consider the fact that mike bloomberg has invested five times more infrastructure than three or four mayors preceding him and it s still bad. the country needs and you guys hit it on nail. we need to spend significantly more, the cbo said we could spend $180 million more and be justified and have social benefits and add up financial lir. not only to spend more money but we need to plan. we need to decide what our priorities are. i was in japan two weeks ago and i rode the train.
we think it is a genuinely bad idea when the government gets in between you and your decision which is a conservative notion. the government notion ann coulter otherwise supports in most cases is one that says the government can t solve your problems for you it is not going to change your morality for the better. she knows that and because she is a tribalist and intolerant she can t brook someone having a different approach. i love her libertarian when it says i am not going to. i think lib fairia lir t n libertarians care about legalizing drugs because the government tells you you can t change your mind by doing this or that. booed booze is okay but pot is not. the size of spending government and useless n of most government interventions in
caucus process cuccinelli was one of the more moderate candidates. the ting from the exit poll, though, which is that they asked who do you blame for the government shutdown in virginia? actually, it was spread evenly, just bare lir they blame more republicans than obama. my theory. hold on, though, you got to finish that story, though, for people whose vote was decided on the government shutdown, that broke big for democrats. i think the simplest explanation is the most likely one here, which is twofold, ken cuccinelli spent more money, that helps. secondly, there are more democrats coming into northern virginia. you combine those two, you will end up with a solidly although slightly leaning democratic state until you have a different type. michael cuccinelli has a reason to say, hey, guy, if you had supported me as much as you supported chris christie, i probably could have gotten that 2%. we put three times the money in virginia four years ago the
that manning took great care not to leak any documents that could harm the united states. his defense team will begin closing argument tomorrow morning at 9:30. then after that, one judge will decide his fate. shep? congress is ramping up the fight against someone who tried to help other countries, edward snowden. linds lin no word on what punishments might be. today a senate panel approved his proposal. as an amendment to a future bill so it is not law just yet. snowden s lir says his client has asked for temporary asylum in russia. he s been hold up in the transit zone of the moscow airport for more than a month now. fox news tonight will show you rare video of glenn