under Northern Command, which is a command of our military which has responsibility now for Homeland Security, we have these two units, 4,500 people in each one, one active duty, one reserve, that are specially trained to respond to events of this kind and to get there as quickly as possible, certainly within the 72-hour window that you have talked about.
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