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Analysis: Deficit Commission's lasting effects

While the recommendations from the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform didn't pass, we may not have seen the end of them. Jason Fichtner, senior research fellow with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, joins us with more.

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Revised deficit plan may take out military pay freeze

Military Times reports that the fiscal commission is considering a revised plan that does not include a previous proposal to freeze military pay.

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Carter: Politics, economy to affect DoD spending

Reuters reports that Undersecretary Ashton Carter, the Pentagon's head of acquisition, told industry officials that politics, the sluggish economy, and the size of the deficit might affect funding in the near future.

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Happy (Fiscal) New Year: A look back at FY2010

The Committee for Federal Responsible Budget recaps FY2010.

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Brother, Can You Spare $43,000?

If we could each kick in $43,000 we could eliminate the national debt overnight. One of Mike's readers says there is an existing mechanism...the Combined Federal Campaign.

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Obama pledges to cut deficit in half

President Barack Obama has vowed to cut the country's budget deficit in half by the end of his first term. Obama laid out the guiding principle of his budget policy at a White House conference.

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