congress last year, with the support of republicans and democrats alike, mandates reductions in federal spending, including defense spending. i ve insisted that we do that responsibly. the security of our nation and the lives of our men and women in uniform depend upon it. that s why i called for this comprehensive defense review to clarify our strategic interests in a fast changing world and to guide our defense priorities and spending over the coming decade, because the size and structure of our military and defense budgets have to be driven by a strategy, not the other way around. moreover, we have to remember the lessons of history. we can t afford to repeat the mistakes that have been made in the past. after world war ii, after vietnam, when our military was left ill-prepared for the future. as commander in chief i will not let that happen again. not on my watch.
barack obama. i think it will be very hard for him to win the general election because i think it just blurs everything. i think a real conservative who stands for solid values, essentially for new hampshire values the former massachusetts governor holds what looks like an insurmountable lead in new hampshire so he is moving on to south carolina. that state s primary is january 21st. it has been a deadly day in iraq. at least 60 people were killed in attacks in baghdad and other cities across the country. most of the victims were shiites raising fears of renewed sectarian violence. the deadly attack was a suicide bombing targeting shiite pilgrims west of the city of nasiriyah. at least 36 people were killed. dozens wounded. the iraqi military blames the attacks on terrorist groups. president obama says a fighting force that costs less can still be the best in the world and it will be. in an unusual visit to the pentagon, the commander in chief unveiled a rewrite of co
power. it will allow the pentagon to slash hundreds of billions of dollars from the budget. rick santorum heads to new hampshire primary with a million dollar boost from iowa. source close to the campaign says that santorum raised more than $1 million after finishing second in the iowa caucuses. santorum, he is attending a faith, family and freedom town hall meeting in northfield, new hampshire. that is happening this hour. he s trying to position himself as the main conservative challenger to mitt romney. let s go to the white house. i understand the president is there at the podium to make the announcement. good morning, everybody. the united states of america is the greatest force for freedom and security that the world has ever known, and in no small measure that s because we ve built the best trained, led, equipped mill tear ray in history. as commander in chief, i m going to keep it that way. indeed, all of us on this stage, every single one of us, have a profound
of building a nuke. martha: this is one that will catch your eye, this report. reporter: no question a 12 page unclassified report sent to congress and this prepared a classified version. there is great focus with good reason on iran s nuclear programs but the striking headline to me was about the missile development program which is going on as they are developing the nuclear program. and buried on page 11 it says, quote, with sufficient foreign assistance iran could probably develop and test an intercontinental ballistic missile, icbm capable of reaching the u.s., by 2015 and the experts believe by then, unless it is stopped, iran will have nuclear weapons capability and that this is disturbing headline to an american audience. martha: boy, that is a fast changing world. over the next few years and think of the ramifications of iran having that kind of capability. what about their role, you know, their role, many people say, in iraq and afghanistan, how does
fast-moving, fast-changing world. with all that as bill press mentioned before the break, donald trump said he doesn t need to do what every president and president-elect has done for decades, get a daily intelligence briefing. back now with the panel. carl, how big a deal do you think this is? trump supporters will say, look, different people consume information in different ways. kellyanne conway says he has it available to him if he wants it, and he gets information from a lot of different areas. this whole attitude is a huge deal because the president of the united states demonstrably is not interested in the truth. i just watched kellyanne. i was on a program with her, the two of us the other night, and she steam rolls as a propagandist without going to the question of truth. we need to know what happened. we need a president of the united states who wants it know what happened with the russians. he s shown no demonstrable interest in a truthful, contextual picture of almost any