president obama the same things they talk about all the time. i want to get some things on the record. so let s begin with health care. did he tell you, secretary pennetta, it was a terrorist attack? you know what he told me, there was an take on our compound. he didn t use the word terror? i don t know what happened there and i m hoping maybe you can tell us. health care, benghazi, and the irs. for critics on the right, these are scandals that just never end. this is not about health care. it s not about insuring the uninsured. it is about the total control of a free people. under the guise of health care. a major scandal was developing in the wake of last week s assault in benghazi, we are witnessing a widespread cover-up based on flat-out lies. this is the way totalitarian states are created. this is it.
is not are they having an effect, but are they having enough of an effect to change the policy of this regime. and what i m afraid we have to say is not so far. all right. coming up, there s going to be we are going to have greta s interview with mitt romney so everybody will want to stick around for that. in the meantime can i ask you another question, which is only in washington could they come up with a word like sequestration that actually has a very important meaning and senator mccain talked about that today. i want to listen to this and get your thoughts on it. this requires presidential leadership. no matter who or what is responsible, the president of the united states is commander in chief. he s the only one. and if these impact have the devastating effects that secretary pennetta and all our uniformed leaders say he should be in there, he should be talking with us, he should be leading and he s mia. go back to when we worked together in the bush
there was plenty of talk about the dire consequences of the looming fiscal cliff. we re talking about tax cuts expiring for everyone automatically, payroll taxes going up, emergency unemployment benefits ending and, of course, the $1.2 trillion in so-called sequestration cuts. about half of that sum is going to come from defense. the obligation of the commander in chief is to act like the commander in chief, and that wld be to prevent these cuts, which in the words of his own secretary of defense, would devastate our national security. interesting, acting like a commander in chief, because a lot of the previous commanders in chief have done a lot more than barack obama may be about to do. we ve certainly been here before. ronald reagan during his second term cut defense spending by about 10%. the cold war was winding down. those cuts continued under former president george h.w. bush, about 18% in cuts. and then former president clinton. clinton did start to increase defen
with four days before congress high-tails it out of washington, there was plenty of talk about the dire consequences of the looming fiscal cliff. we re talking about tax cuts expiring for everyone automatically, payroll taxes going up, emergency unemployment benefits ending and, of course, the $1.2 trillion in so-called sequestration cuts. about half of that sum is going to come from defense. the obligation of the commander in chief is to act like the commander in chief, and that would be to prevent these cuts, which in the words of his own secretary of defense, would devastate our national security. interesting, acting like a commander in chief, because a lot of the previous commanders in chief have done a lot more than barack obama may be about to do. we ve certainly been here before. ronald reagan during his second term cut defense spending by about 10%. the cold war was winding down. those cuts continued under former president george h.w. bush, about 18% in cuts. and
veteran s memorial. rene is standing by. reporter: good morning. we are here at the u.s. marine corps war memorial. we have been here all morning. it s a stunning memorial to see in person. we have seen parents bringing their children here, and we have seen veterans themselves here, just taking a moment, a moment of silence to remember or remember those who have fallen and who have died for our country, and this memorial is right outside of arlington national cemetery, and we spoke to a couple of people today where they were headed from here and headed over to the cemetery for today s ceremony. we do expect momentarily that the president will arrive there at arlington national cemetery along with the first lady. he laid that wreath, and we were told around 11:00 this morning, and that will be followed by remarks as well. but today is not the only day for the celebrations. we have seen them throughout the weekend. we had the rolling thunder that has been here in the nation s