. >> i think with paul ryan's plan and buck mckeeon's plan, chairman of the house armed services committee you're starting to see various plans cobbled together to roll back sequestration. if anything, i think that shows an acknowledgement of how sort of devastating it will be, and i think what you're hearing really is just fear mongering in an election year and i think the conventional wisdom is still there's not a chance they'll do this to themselves. >> the one thing he's hurt security, even though he's increased defense, he's cut back diplomacy and development significantly. you remember what admirable mullen and secretary gates said that these are key components of national security. >> it started mid point of the bush administration pushing that whole idea of smart power and then doug fites underwriting costs over at the state department. i want to ask about base closures. base closures have been sort of a centerpiece part of the proposal the administration has put out for its budget plan, two rounds of it. yet over the last week we saw claire mccaskill, chairwoman of the senate comm