when the focus is on encouraging cost control is prevention, a as itms. caster has said. i think this will produce more savings. this amendment serves a valuable purpose in protecting our seniors, the benefits they're already getting and i yield back. >> i will just take one minute to close quickly. do not pass this budget and break the promise of medicare that allows our parents and grandparents and generations to come to live their retirement years in dignity and don't pass the budget that will roll back these very important consumer protections and improve benefits under medicare, like closure of the doughnut hole, these new screenings, and the well as the visits. don't just take it from me. take a from the aarp who just sent this letter to congress than . >> you can conclude that in the votes. you'll get a minute at the end. we will have a vote. >> with all due respect to my colleague who is proposing this amendment who says this is breaking the promise to medicare, to look in the mirror. the president's law, the law that was passed last congress does in fact break th

tom brad bury from itm. >> mr. president, it's great you have agreed to learn about cricket.oticed the prime minister to tell you that a match takes five days. so, it's going to be a long trip. on a serious subject of syria, you want assad to go, and you wanted gadhafi to go and he did not for a long, long time. can you answer specifically, have you discussed the today the possibility of a no-fly zone and how to implement it and degrade the syrian defense mechanisms? >> what i would say, that is that our team is working hard on this issue and the focus is right now, trying get transition. the fastest way to end the killing is for assad to go. so the way we should try to help bring that about is through diplomatic pressures, pressure that can bring to bare, that is where our focus is. of course, our teams are all the time, as i put it, kick the tires, ask the difficult questions, what are the other options and other things that we can go and it's right that we do. they are not without difficulties and complications, so the focus is transition, and all the things that we can do

tom from itm. >> mr. president, it is great you agreed to learn about cricket.o be a long trip. [laughter] on a serious subject, syria. the city wants assad to go. you wanted gaddafi to go for a long time, but he did not. have you discussed a no fly zone? have you discussed how you might implement it? have you discussed any of those issues? >> what i would say is that our people are incredibly close together on this issue. the focus right now is trying to achieve transition, not trying to foment revolution. we think the fastest way to end the killing, which is what we want to see, is for assad to go. the way to bring that about is to provide diplomatic pressure. that is where our focus is. of course, as i put it, push the system, asked the difficult questions, where the other options? it is right we do that. but they're not without their difficulties and complications, as everybody knows. the focus is transition and all the things we can do to bring pressure to bear. that has been the focus. >> i think everything that david said. our military plans for everythin

tom bradley from itm. >> mr. president, it's great that you've agreed to learn about cricket.ays. so it's going to be a long trip. on a serious subject of syria, you say that you want asad to go. he wanted gadhafi to go but he didn't for a long, long time. have you discussed time scales for those issues? >> our team is working incredibly closely on this issue and the focus is on trying to achieve transition, not trying to ferment revolution. we want assad to go. the way we do that is through political sanctions, pressures that can be brought to bear. of course, our team all the time, as i put it, pushed the system, asked the difficult questions. what are the other options and things that we could do and it's ril that we did that. the focus is transition and all of the things that we can do to bring that pressure to bear and that has been the focus of our discussions. >> i agree with everything that david said. our military plan is for everything. that's part of what they do. but i was very clear during the libya situation that this

tom from itm. >> mr. president, it is great you agreed to learn about cricket.t is going to be a long trip. [laughter] on a serious subject, syria. the city wants assad to go. you wanted gaddafi to go for a long time, but he did not. have you discussed a no fly zone? have you discussed how you might implement it? have you discussed any of those issues? >> what i would say is that our people are incredibly close together on this issue. the focus right now is trying to achieve transition, not trying to foment revolution. we think the fastest way to end the killing, which is what we want to see, is for assad to go. the way to bring that about is to provide diplomatic pressure. that is where our focus is. of course, as i put it, push the system, asked the difficult questions, where the other options? it is right we do that. but they're not without their difficulties and complications, as everybody knows. the focus is transition and all the things we can do to bring pressure to bear. that has been the focus. >> i think