punishment mechanism would go into effect and that s why the republicans want today see that these triggers were fair and democrats wanted that as well, but the sticking point late this afternoon was on the defense cut portion of that. it was believed that half of the trigger would be just pure defense cuts, possibly more than 540 billion dollars in defense cuts. we heard some testimony earlier this week on capitol hill from general dempsey, the incoming chairman of the joint chiefs of staff who said they re having a hard time finding 400 billion cuts and believe it would be risky to go further. that s where the sticking point came from republicans today. bret, i ve got to tell you my contacts on capitol hill and conservatives i ve spoken to throughout the day are telling me the same thing, if in fact, the number earlier in the day. the defense cuts. in joint committee. that s a deal killer for them
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