That said we really want to take a chunk of the i]budget, go over it and see whether we could do ataq things more effectively whether we could do emphasize some priorities better. I dont think you could do the owhole budget. You certainly couldnt do it every other year. ut you could set up a mechanism the budget say every three years or five years to see if the money could be spent better and the priorities were what congress reallyco wanted them to be. Bob . Can i just ask you a quick question . So is what alice describes on the domestic side, is the military really any different . Isnt there a certain amount of the air force, the navy, the marines, everybody has to get their share of the cuts . Broadly, the budget shares havent changed a lot. Thats a fair statement. Within those shares theyve changed a lot. Let me try to respond. First off i think its way too harsh that suggest that ovq all only 1 of Government Spending has any effect. I will offer just a couple examples. One obvious
President obama, remains an important and i would argue essential concept to bring people together around. Now, im well aware of everything thats going on right now and the increasing tensions that are existing in the region in israel, in the west bank, to say nothing of the continuing aggressive behavior by hamas coming out of gaza. But i am one who believes that the absence of negotiation leaves a vacuum that gets filled by problems, bad actors, threats, other kinds of behavior that is not good for israel and not good for the palestinians. So i think that, you know, the efforts that were undertaken in the last several years, you know, when i was secretary, now with secretary kerry, are very much in the interests of israel and very much in the interests of the palestinians. I hope it happens, but well see. As secretary of state, what is the one thing you wish you had done differently . Oh, my goodness. Is there a list or what . There were a number of things, and i write about a lot of
Bases as for jobs in so many congressional districts. And i have heard very conservative members of congress say government doesnt create jobs, it destroys them, and all that sort of thing. It doesnt apply to the military base in my district. If we lost that, we would lose jobs. Is there anyway around this . I dont know how, other than a fundamental change. I remember seeing many years ago, a map of where the subcontracts were, i think it was the b2 bomber. There was a pin the companies are smart enough to be sure that this happens, because they know the reality of it. I think to some extent Representative Democracy is inherently inefficient. That doesnt mean there arent things you carve out and ask government to do because they only do it. You probably do want to minimize them because its not going to be as efficient if you have a truly competitive industry. And yet we ought to at least acknowledge that the base Culture Commission turned out to be a very effective mechanism and we clo
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