and do nationbuilding at home. are we capable of doing nationbuilding at home in a world that remains as turbulent as it is? >> i am going to cite the opportunity i had recently to write and op-ed with david petraeus. one was this week and one was earlier this year in the washington post. we have tried to argue that these deficit deals that have been proposed would be wonderful to have an many ways. they are not essential. what you need to do, given that america's economy has so much promise, what you need to do is tip the curve on how we are increasing the debt. if we lower our expectations a little we can wind up in a reasonable place for the next five or 10 years. long-term entitlement is a big challenge. our colleagues have written eloquently about this. in the short term, if you had a modest increase in either income tax rates or a modest cap on deductions the way mitt romney was proposing last year and you had a couple percent change in the cost-of-living adjustment for social security for social security rec

and do nationbuilding at home.re we capable of doing nationbuilding at home in a world that remains as turbulent as it is? the am going to cite opportunity i had recently to write and op-ed with david petraeus. one was this week and one was earlier this year in the washington post. thatve tried to argue these deficit deals that have been proposed would be wonderful to have an many ways. they are not essential. what you need to do, given that america's economy has so much promise, what you need to do is tip the curve on how we are increasing the debt. a we lower our expectations little we can wind up in a reasonable place for the next five or 10 years. long-term entitlement is a big challenge. our colleagues have written eloquently about this. guyer not going to solve that problem. -- and i are not going to solve that problem. in the short term, if you had a modest increase in either income tax rates or a modest cap on deductions the way mitt romney was proposing last year and you had a couple percent change in the

and do nationbuilding at home. are we capable of doing nationbuilding at home in a world that remains as turbulent as it is? >> i am going to cite the opportunity i had recently to write and op-ed with david petraeus. one was this week and one was earlier this year in the washington post. we have tried to argue that these deficit deals that have been proposed would be wonderful to have an many ways. they are not essential. what you need to do, given that america's economy has so much promise, what you need to do is tip the curve on how we are increasing the debt. if we lower our expectations a little we can wind up in a reasonable place for the next five or 10 years. long-term entitlement is a big challenge. our colleagues have written eloquently about this. in the short term, if you had a modest increase in either income tax rates or a modest cap on deductions the way mitt romney was proposing last year and you had a couple percent change in the cost-of-living adjustment for social security for social security rec

it is time to use some of the money we have been spending on were to do nationbuilding at home.ut, what we cannot do is repeat the mistakes of history. we have seen in the past, where, after a war, we hollowed ut our military. we left our military nprepared. we have got, right now, the best led, best trained, best equipped know terry in human history -- military in human history. the finest exhibition area group in the world. as long as i am commander in chief, i will keep it that way. o do that, we are going to need help out of ashington. congress could not agree on a lan to reduce the deficit in what i consider a sensible way. instead, what we have got is these take, across-the-board cuts called the sequester. the sequester kicked in. it included defense. we are already seeing the effects. here at camp pendleton, you are feeling it. our working folks are getting furloughed. families getting by on less. fewer ships available for your training exercises. we can do better than that. that is not how a great nation should be treating its military and military families. by the way,