. >> brown: you also announced a process for starting a new ground of base closings, the so called brach process. now this has gone on for a long time, several iterations. it's always contentious, always very politically contentious and you still in some ways grapple with the last round. now why call for a new round? >> how can we do otherwise. if we have unneeded basic structure that is tail that is not tooth, unneeded basing structure in our armed forces in a time when we're trying to deal with the deficit reduction national security imperative that we face. 40 can we not put on the table unneeded basing structure. >> have you identified... >> the whole point of the brach process is to identify corporateively with the congress and the communities involved basing structure that is excess to our need so to the public out there who wants a strong national defense, realizes it's still a dangerous world out there but realizes we don't have as much money as we thought we were going to have to spend on defense they want us to be making cuts where we're essentially wasting money first before w