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Russian and Ukrainian negotiators
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meanwhile are meeting right now in
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Istanbul Turkey for another round of
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in-person talks over the weekend
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Ukrainian President Vladimir zielinski
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outlined conditions that Kiev could
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accept in a deal with Moscow salonski
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said that Ukraine may be willing to
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accept neutral status and it could make
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a statement renouncing plans to join
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NATO meanwhile a Ukrainian
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parliamentarian member has told Fox News
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as Jonathan hunt that Ukraine will not
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give up key territories Russia is
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demanding joining me right now is Fox
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News senior strategic analyst General
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Jack Keane generals good to see you
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thanks very much for being here do you
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think the U.S and the Allies are trying
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to convince zielinski to do a deal you
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know from the beginning of this the U.S
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their first reaction was to send a plane
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to go rescue zelenski take him out he
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said I don't want to ride I need arms I
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need Weaponry are the U.S and allies
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doing enough in that regard
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well a couple of weeks ago for sure they
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were putting pressure on zielinski to
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make a deal what's taking place here is
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diplomacy has always been a compliment
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that Russia uses to conflict and wars
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and they and they started the Diplomatic
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effort early on largely for Their
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audience at home uh to let the audience
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know that despite the fact uh they're at
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war or they're in a conflict operation
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they're looking for peace now what's
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different about these negotiations is
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you know negotiations been going on for
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a number of weeks on the Belarus Ukraine
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border what's different about these is a
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third party involved president erdogan
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will be there at a certainly arbitrate
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the differences and see if something
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positive can come out of it I'm not
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optimistic yet because I think Russia
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intends to grind this out and get a more
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favorable outcome than what they have
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right now clearly Russia has not been
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able to accomplish any of their
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objectives in the months that's taken
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place here and and their interest is
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still to make certain that Ukraine is in
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their orbit and I don't believe they've
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given up on on that interest so let's
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take a healthy dose of skepticism here
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about about the negotiation certainly we
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would want something to come out of here
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that zielinski can live with that would
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be the goal uh but we'll see what
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happens here I'm not optimistic
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but general you know the weather is
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going to get warmer the ground will get
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warmer and mushier not ideal for Russian
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troops and Russian tanks Etc you you say
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that there is a path for Ukraine to win
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right you have said that Ukraine can win
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but they need the right tools to do so
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what are your thoughts on how long this
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could go on over the weekend on Sunday
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morning Futures I spoke with the
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Klitschko brothers the mayor of Kiev and
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his brother and they basically said look
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we don't know how long this is going to
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go on this will go on as long as the
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West continues to trade with Russia but
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we feel that this is going on a lot
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longer than people expect how do you see
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it
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well I do think it's going to go on for
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weeks and months for sure we have a
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stalemate right now unexpectedly so and
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Russia was not able to take over the
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country and collapse the regime and
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obviously that that's a very good thing
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it's led to an incredible amount of
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human suffering as well but the reality
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my take on it is zielinski's asking for
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help he clearly hasn't lost and he
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believes he has still has an opportunity
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to win and that being the case in my
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judgment we should be all in now are the
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odds stacked against them yeah certainly
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I mean he would have to generate
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sufficient combat power not just to stop
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the Russians from what did the territory
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they're trying to take but to drive the
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Russians out of Ukraine and that would
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require a major counter-offensive not
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limited counter-attacks but a major
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offensive does he have the combat power
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to generate that and he's asking for all
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the help he can get and that's where I
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think we should be as a mindset give him
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all the help that he can possibly get
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and and be determined about it but yes I
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I think we're in for a long haul here
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but but we're not right he wanted the
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migs he wanted the Jets so that they
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could have air cover and the
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administration said no so we're not
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giving them everything they they need
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and can and Ken used to win this right
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yeah well he's still waiting for the
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s-300s now for a couple of weeks and I
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think I don't know what the United
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States is doing in terms of getting
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those uh
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getting those uh air defense systems out
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of the former Soviet states that have
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them I know they want to have a backfill
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from the United States in kind so they
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they're protected but we have to have a
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sense of urgency to get this done and
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also the anti-ship missiles they're
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going to bring those ships back in there
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into the Black Sea and they're going to
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be very vulnerable and and certainly
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that capability is needed and all the
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others just have to we have to make
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certain that the adequate supplies are
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there because we were looking at
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something that would last a couple of
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weeks at best now we're over a month and
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we have to sustain the supply line
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listen the ukrainians have the skill
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Maria and they have the will and what we
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need to give them is the resources to
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help them do this
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yeah and when people like yourself and
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others have been saying this now for a
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month and yet we're not seeing the
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movement that we need to see but General
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I got to get your take on the
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president's Master 5.8 trillion dollar
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budget in it he is calling for an
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increase in defense spending uh to help
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counter China and Russia the White House
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seeking 813 billion dollars for military
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spending in fiscal year 2023 that is
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four percent increase from the 782
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billion for this fiscal year General
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we've talked a lot about the Readiness
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of our military and the fact that China
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has the largest larger Navy than we do
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and that we need updating what are your
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thoughts on a four percent increase in
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defense spending and I just point out
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that inflation is running at eight
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percent we're talking about four percent
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defense spending increase your thoughts
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well even if you took the
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administration's optimistic projections
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that inflation will go down and get
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close to normal in 2023 that would mean
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it's a flatline budget and there's no
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increase
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but the truth is likely inflation will
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still be up there and so therefore it's
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a decrease and we have huge problems
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here we're trying to dig ourselves out
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of a hole in the indo-pacific region
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where the the Chinese military outguns
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us and outmans us and we have have to
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have additional capability there the
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amount of resources that are being
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applied to that region in my judgment
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are inadequate and now we have an
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increased threat clearly in Europe to
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the degree that we did not expect and
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that means more money for NATO forces
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U.S forces in NATO and right now I think
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we're at ninety thousand to a hundred
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thousand troops we're going to find
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ourselves with more troops in Europe
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than what we've had before and they're
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going to need the resources to do that
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and some of them should be permanently
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stationed there as well because it makes
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it so much easier for them in terms of
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their Readiness and preparedness but yes
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the budget has to focus on the major
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threats that we have have and these
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threats are growing and the budget
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doesn't meet the needs of that threat
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it's that simple Maria
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well that's right and in the last budget
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the uh money spent on defense and
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Homeland Security was actually a decline
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when all was said and done because it
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did not keep up with inflation is that
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the same here on homeland security as
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well now we know that it's actually a
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decline in defense spending you know the
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headlines this morning are the largest
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number in terms of defense spending it's
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four percent that doesn't keep up in it
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with inflation is that the same
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situation with Homeland Security
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spending
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yeah I mean the fact is the two the two
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departments the defense department and
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the Homeland Security Department are the
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two departments that received nominal
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raises that inflation will take out
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meanwhile all the other departments in
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government largely on a domestic side of
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our government are double digits some as
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high as 20 percent so that's where the
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priorities are the fence and Homeland
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Security are not priorities for this
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government you're looking following the
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money where's the percentage of increase
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and that's where it is it's on a
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domestic side meanwhile the threats
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we're facing at our border obviously and
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also overseas with China and Russia and
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Iran are very significant the budget
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doesn't reflect the significance of
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those threats don't
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yeah General thanks thanks for laying it
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all out that's absolutely right and we
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so appreciate you this morning thank you
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sir
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