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france's amphibious assault 2o#" betake -- we take a tour of a novel vessel that packs a big punch at a bargain price. but, first, the ranking member of the house arms services committee joins us for an interview to discuss the administration's 2013 defense spending request which is to include $525 billion for the baseline budget and another $88 billion for overseas contingents. the white house will submit the budget to congress on february 13th. the administration proposes to cut $259 from planned spending levels over the next five years to meet congressionally- mandated reduction goals. adam smith is a representative who represents washington state's 9th congressional district which includes major boeing research and development and until the end of the year joint base lewis mcchord and surrounding communities that are home to 100,000 military personnel, their families, defense contractors and civilians. i started our interview by asking him his view of a plan that republican lawmakers have blasted as cutting too deep, jeopardizing national security. >> let me just say first of all

after kennedy's time with the rise of the palestinian issue obviously hijacking betake -- became morelace, particularly in europe. the mission was extremely similar to today but not much more pronounced in the public consciousness now. host: president obama to cut $36 million. what is behind the proposal? guest: their marshals would not suffer much because they are actually organizing -- reorganizing. integrating into transportation security administration by moving their administrative and training function out of the air marshal function as of and into the broader tsa, so taking $36 million at this point i did not think will harm the agency much. host: let's go to the phones and hear from debra joining us from springfield, massachusetts, a democratic member. good morning. gcaller: i just want to say that this agency is under homeland security. homeland security has no budget. it is funded with a blank check. and we have so many contractors in that agency, and they are working off the government and making huge amounts of money, i might add while ron paul and all of the rest of these