busy day. thanks for joining us today. thanks for having us. we appreciate it. absolutely. want to hear your perspective on what this deal does, but specifically respond to the criticisms we just heard, including representative saying this doesn t do the comes oh particular spending we need right now. you know, no bipartisan compromise is ever perfect. this is not our ideal budget. but the question is, is it a step forward. and the question is, yes. it s a step forward for jobs. there s no question this will probably add 2, 300,000 jobs to our economy next year. and perhaps more. because of the certainty we provide. the sense we re not in another budget crisis or headed for another budget crisis. the other thing i would say is that had we let that sequester level stay in place, tens and tens of thousands of children on
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repeal. is the data in your report strong enough to counter that criticism? well, first of all, everyone should understand that the chiefs it would not be a surprise that, on this complex issue you have differing points of view. our analysis over a ten-month period involved conversations with tens and tens of thousands of service members. it was one of the largest surveys ever, 115,000 respondents, and it was the judgment and is the judgment of general hamm and myself that the overall risk to military effectiveness of repeal is low. now, a large part of that assessment encompassed the war fighting units, which general amos, general casey, general schwartz were they concerned about. what we saw is while the predictions for negative consequences in war fighting units were higher than the
our economy is in the tank. so will a vote go forward during the lame duck session? that s a political question. for more on the policy, i spoke earlier with pentagon general counsel jay johnson who co-authored this week s report on gays in the military. mr. johnson, thank you so much for being with us. let me ask you, both the marine corps commandant and air force chief of staff telling congress today there actually is some risk to troops in the field if the ban is repealed right now. now, that is half the service chiefs with big concerns about repeal. is the data in your report strong enough to counter that criticism? well, first of all, everyone should understand that the chiefs it would not be a surprise that, on this complex issue you have differing points of view. our analysis over a ten-month period involved conversations with tens and tens of thousands of service members. it was one of the largest
colleagues will, either, because our economy is in the tank. so will a vote go forward during the lame duck session? that s a political question. for more on the policy, i spoke earlier with pentagon general counsel jay johnson who co-authored this week s report on gays in the military. mr. johnson, thank you so much for being with us. let me ask you, both the marine corps commandant and air force chief of staff telling congress today there actually is some risk to troops in the field if the ban is repealed right now. now, that is half the service chiefs with big concerns about repeal. is the data in your report strong enough to counter that criticism? well, first of all, everyone should understand that the chiefs it would not be a surprise that, on this complex issue you have differing points of view. our analysis over a ten-month period involved conversations with tens and tens of thousands of service members.