late this week, president trump released his 2018 budget. if congress passes the budget as delivered it would be the budget would cut the epa s funding by 31%. trump s proposal would take usiad and state according to the washington post. it would also cut the state department s budget by almost 6%. that includes eliminating the departments that funds innovative energy technologies. the energy department is of course run by rick perry now. in a 2011 primary debate. perry couldn t even remember the name of the energy department when listing the departments he would eliminate if elected. my next guest was perry s predecessor as energy secretary. eric mones was instrumental in
if congress passes the budget has delivered, it would be stand your grounding reversal in the direction of policy during the obama administration. the budget would cut the epa s funding by 31% including ending funding for obama s clean power plan. it would take big chunks out of climate related programs at noaa and nasa. it would also cut the energy department s budget by almost 6%. the post says that includes eliminating the department s that funds innovative energy technologies. the energy department is run by rick perry now. in a 2011 presidential debate, perry couldn t remember the name of the energy department when listing the departments he would eliminate if elected. my next guest was perry s predecessor as energy secretary. a distinguished m.i.t. scientist was instrumental this negotiating the iran nuclear deal and the paris climate
rick perry wrote, in the face of the advancement of the islamic state, paul and others suggest the best approach to this 21st century threat is to do next to nothing. i personally don t believe in a wait-and-see foreign policy for the united states. then rand paul hit back with this, on foreign policy. perry couldn t be more stuck in the past. doubling down on formulas that haven t worked, parroting rhetoric that doesn t make sense and reinforcing petulant attitudes that have cost our nation a great deal. here s what the former vice president just had to say. i did express the view that i think isolationism is crazy. anybody who went through 9/11 who thinks we can retreat behind our oceans and will be safe and secure is i m sorry, but they re out to lunch. chris, good afternoon to you. welcome. what are we seeing here, do you think? we re seeing 2016. it is happening already.
obama on the border crisis when he took aim at fellow republican senator rand paul. foreign policy would compound the threat of terrorism and endanger our national security. in the face of the advancement of the islamic state, perry wrote, paul and others suggest the best approach to this 21st century threat is to do next to nothing. i personally don t believe in a wait and see foreign policy for the united states. i have some big concerns about the extent to which senator paul thinks we can be safe if we come home and try to build a fortress america. reporter: paul says perry s ideas are rooted in bluster and jabbed at the governor s new glasses haven t allowed him to see the world more clearly. perry couldn t be more stuck in the past, paul wrote. if refusing to send americans to die for a country that refuses to defend itself makes one an isolationist, perhaps it s time we finally retire that pejorative. anything about rand paul is
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