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safely he'd be very, very proud i know of what josh said and his sons, but he'd also be very proud of dan balzand how he carries on the tradition. dan, thank you for this evening with us and for doing what you do. [applause] let me -- [applause] let me just say a few words about new hampshire and where we are today, and then i want to sit down, and john will speak, and then we'll have a chance to talk a little, but, you know, i first heard or sort of sensed new hampshire as something special and different when i was a young naval officer in the gulf of tomkin in 1968, and, of course, 1968 was a hell of a year up here. i got all that news, you know, drifting in, and i'll never forget, i had an interest in public policy and life, and i remember listening to the vote counts and getting the sense of what gene mccarthy was doing, and the power of new hampshire when new hampshire told the united states of united states it's over, you can't run anymore. human impact on -- huge impact on our nation and the course of history, and later on in 1999, i was up here, campaigning with billy sheen for al gore

thanks to you clarence page and dan balz.e'll see what happens in the debate tonight. >>> meanwhile, president obama announced the latest executive order aimed at circumventing congress to achieve budget cuts. today's order is the swag initiative. it requires federal agencies to reduce wasteful spending by at least 20%. is that just a drop in the bucket of all the trillions in debt? he is the budget director of office of management and budget. thanks for being with us. some might say this is just trinkets and reducing wasteful spending has since the days of ronald reagan been in the eye of the beholder. >> well, andrea, good to be with you. i think what the president did today is important. he said we're taking action today through his executive order, where federal agencies will reduce by 20% what we spent in areas we think we can do less and get more out of it. because we spend 20 billion. even with the problems we face, $4 billion is a lot of money and means a lot to the american people we spend every dollar carefully. the

safely he'd be very, very proud i know of what josh said and his sons, but he'd also be very proud of dan balzand how he carries on the tradition. dan, thank you for this evening with us and for doing what you do. [applause] let me -- [applause] let me just say a few words about new hampshire and where we are today, and then i want to sit down, and john will speak, and then we'll have a chance to talk a little, but, you know, i first heard or sort of sensed new hampshire as something special and different when i was a young naval officer in the gulf of tomkin in 1968, and, of course, 1968 was a hell of a year up here. i got all that news, you know, drifting in, and i'll never forget, i had an interest in public policy and life, and i remember listening to the vote counts and getting the sense of what gene mccarthy was doing, and the power of new hampshire when new hampshire told the united states of united states it's over, you can't run anymore. human impact on -- huge impact on our nation and the course of history, and later on in 1999, i was up here, campaigning with billy sheen for al gore

. >> dan balz piece on sunday, looking at changing demographics, inspired a piece i wrote for "the hillat tracks with voter suppression efforts and demographics. >> i want to do a shameless plug to boston whdh, reporting that barney frank, long time democratic member of congress, is not going to run for re-election. we'll have more on that coming up in the next hour. that's it for this edition of "the daily rundown." see you back here tomorrow. stay tuned for "chris jansing & company." she'll have the latest on barney frank. 1:00, "andrea mitchell reports." >>> with your business travelers forecast, i'm meteorologist todd santos. east coast, atlanta towards cleveland in between even lexington, kentucky, potential delays in the skies, considering we are dealing with showers. however, boston, new york, d.c., on dry side. tomorrow we'll see shower there's. of course detroit maybe a few showers as well, dallas, cool. pack a jacket.! so you earn 50% more cash. according to research, everybody likes more cash. well, almost everybody... ♪ would you like 50% more cash? no! but it's more money.

safely he'd be very, very proud i know of what josh said and his sons, but he'd also be very proud of dan balzand how he carries on the tradition. dan, thank you for this evening with us and for doing what you do. [applause] let me -- [applause] let me just say a few words about new hampshire and where we are today, and then i want to sit down, and john will speak, and then we'll have a chance to talk a little, but, you know, i first heard or sort of sensed new hampshire as something special and different when i was a young naval officer in the gulf of tomkin in 1968, and, of course, 1968 was a hell of a year up here. i got all that news, you know, drifting in, and i'll never forget, i had an interest in public policy and life, and i remember listening to the vote counts and getting the sense of what gene mccarthy was doing, and the power of new hampshire when new hampshire told the united states of united states it's over, you can't run anymore. human impact on -- huge impact on our nation and the course of history, and later on in 1999, i was up here, campaigning with billy sheenor al gore,