pay go, gregg, because they say it doesn t force congress to cut spending. it allows lawmakers to increase taxes to pay for programs they want to fund. and they say the way to get the government s ledger books under control is to rein in that spending you were just talking about. one republican in particular targeting wasteful spending. tell us about that. oklahoma republican congressman called for hundreds of duplicate programs to be consolidate. congress did not go that far, but rather voted to commission the gao to study the matter and today in the washington times, tom mccloskey and formerly with the national taxpayers union said the gao has already done some of that, writing, quote, in 2000, the gao published a report that found 69 early education programs were being administered by nine agencies. and warned that such duplication would lead to ineffectiveness of the programs original intent. five years later, the gao revisited the situation and once
two i ll be part of the solutions, not the problems. from los angeles, good night, from los angeles, good night, america. captioned by closed captioning services, inc this is a fox news alert. nato saying that two service members were killed in the offensive war in afghanistan. i m greg generator. julie: i m julie banderas. the dead includes one american killed by small arms fire. british soldier killed by an improvised explosive device. coalition troops meeting scattered resistance as they, but they are venturing into a combat zone littered with booby traps and bombs. live from the pentagon. this marja area is very tough terrain. taliban not expected to give up easilyly. what do you hear about how it s going? i spoke sources close to the operation. information from the front lines is very positive but it is early so far. the source points out when the u.s. and british forces went into other parts of helman province, they encountered ides. they 15 soldiers were killed