Do you have a similar system in place?

the reality is that we do have this significant deficit problem and it is going to be addressed one way or another.

I do not look forward to working on this together; it is not something either of us relish, but I think it is something that we are going to have to do.

What's happening in the Middle East, I think, has all of us raising questions about something I guess we didn't think we would see in our lifetime.

The reality is that we do have this significant deficit problem and it is going to be addressed one way or another.

Where are you in that process? And where do you rank? We all know the Air Force has the best facilities, including golf courses.

Just this morning, though, we had four Cubans who were able to voice what they perceived as a threat.

I don't even know the name of it, the company, or what the market is. It's just that I've run into someone that told me about it, and he indicated that there's been a dramatic reduction in sailors lost at sea as a result of this thing.

We've had a lot of interest here, obviously, in strengthening the Border Patrol regarding illegal immigration.

the political animal raises its head and basically says I got to get my share.

My only plea is let's not take a cleaver to it. Let's try to be as surgical as possible in figuring out what is really in America's national security interests, how we prioritize.

So the question is, at a time of limited resources, how do we begin to address some of the kinds of engagement that can help promote a more peaceful, stable democratic type of Middle East?