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MARTHA: GREEN DEFENSE OVER
MILITARY DEFENSE.
THERE ARE NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT
THAT THIS MORNING, ABOUT THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S PUSH FOR
GREEN ENERGY AT A TIME WHEN THE
MILITARY IS FACING MASSIVE CUTS.
BRAND-NEW HOUR OF AMERICA'S
NEWSROOM FRIDAY.
GLAD YOU ARE HERE.
I'M MARTHA MACCALLUM.
BILL: I'M BILL HEMMER.
REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS PUSHING FOR
MORE MONEY FOR ARMED FORCES.
BUT A NEW REPORT REVEALS THE
FEDS HAVE SPENT MORE THAN $68
BILLION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
ACTIVITIES GOING BACK FOUR
YEARS.
THAT'S A FOCUS THE SENATOR CALLS
THE WRONG AGENDA.
>> THE INITIATIVES OF NON-ALGAE
BOY OH FUELS.
FORCE OUR MILITARY TO TAKE MONEY
AWAY FROM CORE PROGRAMS TO
INVEST IN UNPROVEN TECHNOLOGIES
AS PART OF A CAP AND TRADE
AGENERAL A IS RECKLESS.
MARTHA: IS THE WHITE HOUSE
PUTTING GREEN ENERGY AHEAD OF
DEFENSE IN STEVE MOORE IS WITH
ME NOW.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
$68 BILLION SPENT ON THESE GREEN
ENERGY EFFORTS.
THE BIG QUESTION I THINK EVERY
TAXPAYER NEEDS TO KNOW IS WHAT
HAVE THEY GOTTEN FOR THAT MONEY?
>> WHEN I SAW THAT STORY THIS
MORNING MY JAW DROPPED.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE $68 BILLION.
THAT'S BILLION WITH A "B."
NOT MILLION WITH AN "M."
A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF SPENDING ON
CLIMATE CHANGE AND RESEARCH.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GETTING RICH
OFF OF GLOBAL WARMING.
THE BIG ISSUE IS NOT JUST HOW
MUCH WE SPENT.
AS YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE
PROGRAMS WE SPENT MONEY ON HAVE
BEEN THINGS LIKE SOLYNDRA, THE
SOLAR ENERGY COMPANY THAT GOT
$500 MILLION OF FEDERAL MONEY
AND WENT BANKRUPT.
THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF
EXAMPLES THAT WENT BUST LIKE
THAT.
WHETHER WE WANT MONEY THAT
SHOULD BE SPENT TO KEEP US SAFE
AND KEEP US SECURE GOING FOR
GREEN PROGRAMS.
>> IT DOES RAISE THAT QUESTION.
THERE IS PANETTA WHO HAS TALKED
ABOUT HAVING A GREEN MILITARY
HAS ALSO SAID HE'S VERY
CONCERNED ABOUT THE CUTS IN OUR
MILITARY IS EXPERIENCING.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
THE MILITARY IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE
A BIG CUT BECAUSE OF THE DEAL
THAT WAS MADE UNDER THE DEBT
CEILING DEAL BACK IN AUGUST OF
LAST YEAR.
THOSE ARE VERY SEVERE CUTS THAT
LEON PANETTA SAID THEY ARE GOING
TO BE A POTENTIAL CRISIS FOR THE
MILITARY.
AND SO AT A TIME WHEN THE MONEY
IS SO -- WE NEED SO MUCH MONEY
FOR OUR MILITARY, WE ARE
DEVOTING A LOT OF THIS MONEY TO
GREEN PROGRAMS TO KEEP US SAFE
IT'S A MISALLOCATION OF
RESOURCES AND I'M GLAD SENATOR
INHOFE IS LOOKING INTO THIS.
MARTHA: WE TALK SO MUCH ABOUT
THE DEBT.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SERIOUS CUTS
AND WHERE THEY WILL COME FROM.
DEFENSE IS THE ONLY ONE TAKING
IT ON THE CHIN SO FAR.
>> THAT'S SO TRUE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE DEAL MADE ON
THE BUDGET.
20% OF OUR FEDERAL BUDGET IS
MILITARY BUT IT GETS 50% OF THE
BUDGET CUTS.
THE DEFENSE BUDGET AND PENTAGON
BUDGETS ARE TAKING SEVERE
REDUCTIONS IN THEIR SPENDING
LIMITS WHEREAS THE DOMESTIC
PROGRAMS GET OFF FAIRLY EASY
COMPARED TO THE DEFENSE BUDGET.
YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER WHAT IS THE
MOST IMPORTANT THING OUR
GOVERNMENT SPENDS MONEY ON.
OUR NATIONAL SECURITY I WOULD
ARGUE.
MARTHA: THEY ARE SEEING CUTS
ACROSS THE BOARD WHICH IS A BIG