. >> heewhat he did in that budgel and i told him i said you did the right thing and i think you shouldlly stood up and defended doing the right thing. because do you know what, the combination of that agreement plus the clinton budget helped balance the budget for this country and produced a strong economy. >> rose: some people say the budget today is very low when you look at the challenges we're facing. >> i think what i'm scared about with the defense budget is the uncertainty in washington with regards to the budget. i mean, right now instead of developing a budget, they basically kicked the can down the road. they did a continuing resolution into after the election. the likelihood is when they come back, they'll do another continuing resolution. and we may be facing again the prospect of again going into sequester or going into another shut down. that instability and uncertainty is really eroded our ability to maintain our national definances the way we should. i would like them to develop a long term five-year agreement on the budget that says this is what we're going to do on de