as president, but warning against taking them out on an arbitrary time line next year. the president announcing today that he would keep nearly 10,000 troops in the region until october 2016 and then cut back to 5,500 in early 2017. in a statement the majority leader said the decision to reduce troop numbers should be left to the next president. you can read more here at the washington examiner. we ve heard from the chair of the armed services committee, who released a statement saying given the troubling conditions on the ground in afghanistan and the other security problems in the region keeping 9,800 troops through at least 2016 is necessary for our security interests. you can also hear the president s announcement for yourself in its entirety and we ll have it at 8:00 p.m. eastern time over on c-span. known as the city of good neighborhoods, this weekend our c-span cities tour joined by time warner cable explores the history and literary life of buffalo wrarks new yor
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those teams have some great capabilities. it gives you a great starting point. and i think that our first thought in 2010 was let s set up with the initial structure, set it up in terms of offense and defense and teams that could do offensive actions to defend the country. anyone have anything to add to that? yes, sir? dr. singer? just two things. the first is the idea of assuming that our response would have to be limited just to cyber means. if someone carries out an act of war against us using cyber means we are not and should not be limited in our response to use other means, and that s why we re seeing that kind of deterrence hold. the second though is as general alexander said we ve built up great capabilities. there are many things mr. snowden did but one of the other things he did was reveal we have very potent cyber offense capability capability. i would add to those who believe building up more will deliver deterrence. the question, why has not not delivered d
white house consistently, which is they aren t moving until they hear the republicans agree to raise tax rates on the wealthiest. listen to what the president had to say. i think that, you know, we have the potential of getting a deal done, but it is going to require what i talked about during the campaign, which is a balanced responsible approach to deficit reduction that can help give businesses certainty and make sure the country grows. and unfortunately the speaker s proposal right now is still out of balance. he talks, for example, about $800 billion worth of revenues, but he says he s going to do that by lowering rates. when you look at math, it doesn t work. reporter: so unbalanced approach is the white house s nice way of saying you got to be kidding me. jay carney used the phrase in the briefing just now that the proposal from the republicans was a bunch of magic needs and fairy dust and the current standoff is continuing with neither side talking today, brooke.
strike deadline expires. i can tell you that the lead negotiator, tom hoff, did come out a little earlier this evening. he said they had made a fair offer and had actually spent quite a bit of time talking across the table with all the unions. the b.a.r.t. management team left, however, after spending time across the table with those union members. we just had a face-to-face meeting with them. we re waiting to see what questions or comments they have. and if they have any questions or comments we ll come back and talk to them some more. reporter: the entire b.a.r.t. management team including general manager grace quinnican did return to the building just after 7:00 tonight. that is an indicator mediators have called them back to continue the zpaukz to continue answering questions the union negotiators may have. also here is lieutenant governor gavin newsom. earlier today he said he is hopeful that a strike might be avoided. it would be preposterous for both sides at thi