Dave Johnson: the sequester. Frank Wuco: Syria

Congress has 9 days to act to block the massive budget cuts it agreed to to force itself to reach a balanced deal on tax increases and program reductions.  Dave Johnson joins us with a trip through sequester-land: who gets hurt and who gets spared and what we can do to stop it.

Syrian rebels blame the US for the slowdown in weapons deliveries that has stymied their final push to unseat Assad.  But is that true - the US hs been providing non-lethal aid to rebel groups all along.  Retired intelligence officer and Mideast expert Frank Wuco on what  is really going on in Syria.

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