>> no, not as much as they want to spend. in our democratic alternative, which we will offer, if, in fact, republicans bring their budget to the floor, we want an increase to about 603 billion, they go to 621 billion. they break the budget caps that are part of the budget control act from 2011, so there needs to be a change in that, but again, what we are concerned about is not so much the increases, but the dramatic cuts to the nondefense portion of the budget, which is where we make the incredibly important investments in our economy and american citizens so they have education and job training and infrastructure and things that will keep national security going from an economic standpoint. >> jon: at a time when iran is threatening to put a satellite into space and north korea is

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