were rummaging through a trashy heap in southern afghanistan today were killed when something inside it exploded. four other kids were wounded. elsewhere in the south, five nato troops died in roadside bombings. while the u.s. scales back its troop commit in the afghanistan, president obama is making plans to scale back the u.s. military. national security correspondent jennifer griffin tells us it is a familiar reaction to years of war. reporter: few programs will be untouched by the defense cuts outlined by president obama. hardest hit will be the army and marines which are slated to lose about 100,000 troops. 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. reporter: after every war since world war ii, military historians explain presidents have cut the army hoping for quick savings and the ability to rely
news. bret: six children who were rummaging through a trashy heap in southern afghanistan today were killed when something inside it exploded. four other kids were wounded. elsewhere in the south, five nato troops died in roadside bombings. while the u.s. scales back its troop commit in the afghanistan, president obama is making plans to scale back the u.s. military. national security correspondent jennifer griffin tells us it is a familiar reaction to years of war. reporter: few programs will be untouched by the defense cuts outlined by president obama. hardest hit will be the army and marines which are slated to lose about 100,000 troops. 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. reporter: after every war since world war ii, military historians explain presidents have cut the army hoping for quick s
were rummaging through a trashy heap in southern afghanistan today were killed when something inside it exploded. four other kids were wounded. elsewhere in the south, five nato troops died in roadside bombings. while the u.s. scales back its troop commit in the afghanistan, president obama is making plans to scale back the u.s. military. national security correspondent jennifer griffin tells us it is a familiar reaction to years of war. reporter: few programs will be untouched by the defense cuts outlined by president obama. hardest hit will be the army and marines which are slated to lose about 100,000 troops. 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. reporter: after every war since world war ii, military historians explain presidents have cut the army hoping for quick savings and the ability to rely
national correspondent jennifer given is live with us now. reporter: every war since world war ii presidents have tried to cut the army and favor air power. what military historians will tell you is that projection of weakness is often misinterpreted by adversaries and leads to the next war. buck mckeon is very concerned. time after time after time we found that that was the wrong strategy starting world war ii we had been going across africa with inadequate equipment, inadequate training, inadequate leadership and it cost us lots of lives. reporter: after world war ii truman cut the army from 8 million to 500,000, that lead to the korean war some say. eisenhower tried to rely on b5 # bombers and nukes after the korean war. when the army gets cut
news. bret: six children who were rummaging through a trashy heap in southern afghanistan today were killed when something inside it exploded. four other kids were wounded. elsewhere in the south, five nato troops died in roadside bombings. while the u.s. scales back its troop commit in the afghanistan, president obama is making plans to scale back the u.s. military. national security correspondent jennifer griffin tells us it is a familiar reaction to years of war. reporter: few programs will be untouched by the defense cuts outlined by president obama. hardest hit will be the army and marines which are slated to lose about 100,000 troops. 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. reporter: after every war since world war ii, military historians explain presidents have cut the army hoping for quick s