During your confirmation hearing, in response to Senator McCain's question regarding defense cuts in the range of $800 billion to $1 trillion, you responded that 'based on the difficulty of achieving the $400 billion cut, I believe $800 billion would be extraordinarily difficult and very high risk.'
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