congress is about to come back from a six week recess. the deadline to fund the government is as always the end of september. and so i want everyone to understand that congress has about a month to pass a budget that helps our economy grow. otherwise we risk shutting down the government and services that we all count on for the second time in two years, that would not be responsible. it does not have to lap. congress needs to fund america in a way that invests in our growth and security and not cuts us off at the knees by locking in mindless austerity or short sided sequester cuts. i said i would veto a budget like that, i think most americans agree. we have to invest in, rather than cut things like military readiness, infrastructure, schools, public health. the research and development that keeps our companies on the
from a six-week recess. the deadline to fund the government is, as always, the end of september. and so i want everybody just to understand that congress has about a month to pass a budget that helps our economy grow, otherwise we risk shutting down the government in services we all count on for the second time in two years. that would not be responsible. it does not have to happen. congress needs to fund america in the way that invests in our growth and our security, and not cuts us off at the knees by locking in mindless austerity or short-sighted sequester cuts to our economy or our military. i ve said i will veto a budget like that. i think most americans agree, we ve got to invest in rather than cut things like military readiness, infrastructure, schools, public health, the research and development that keeps our companies on the cutting edge. that s what great nations do.
acquiescence in allowing develop a nuclear weapon. it sounds like you would walk away from the table is that fair? i would be very hesitant with what i ve seen right now. i agree with what senator mcconnell just said that what we do not want to do at this point is to send a signal to the region that we are accepting the notion that eventually iran would be acquiring nuclear weapons. there are other ways that we can improve relations with iran. confidence-building gestures as we did with the soviet union over many years. you don t have to have this deal in order to move forward with them. they seem pretty optimistic this morning from europe. we ll see what they bring to the table. you are a former senator who was involved in military and foreign affairs while in office. the obama administration announced they re cutting the army back 40,000. that s outside of the sequester cuts. your reaction? well we go through these
acquiescence in allowing iran to develop a nuclear weapon. it sounds like you would walk away from the table is that fair? i would be very hesitant with what i ve seen right now. i agree with what senator mcconnell just said that what we do not want to do at this point is to send a signal to the region that we are accepting the notion that eventually iran would be acquiring nuclear weapons. there are other ways that we can improve relations with iran. confidence-building gestures as we did with the soviet union over many years. you don t have to have this deal in order to move forward with them. they seem pretty optimistic this morning from europe. we ll see what they bring to the table. you are a former senator who was involved in military and foreign affairs while in office. the obama administration announced they re cutting the army back 40,000. that s outside of the sequester cuts. your reaction? well we go through these
acquiescence in allowing iran to develop a nuclear weapon. it sounds like you would walk away from the table is that fair? i would be very hesitant with what i ve seen right now. i agree with what senator mcconnell just said that what we do not want to do at this point is to send a signal to the region that we are accepting the notion that eventually iran would be acquiring nuclear weapons. there are other ways that we can improve relations with iran. confidence-building gestures as we did with the soviet union over many years. you don t have to have this deal in order to move forward with them. they seem pretty optimistic this morning from europe. we ll see what they bring to the table. you are a former senator who was involved in military and foreign affairs while in office. the obama administration announced they re cutting the army back 40,000. that s outside of the sequester cuts. your reaction? well we go through these