my good friend jim clifton, who is from nebraska, his family owns gallup. he's said over the last couple what's goingch of on in the world is driven by nop hope, despair, and joblessness. you have these 18, 19, 2 0-year-old man with no prospects, no education, no job, no hope. what we think is going to happen? it won't be good. all these things come together at a point where the strength of her military, just as always, must never become demised. -- must never be compromised. have the most will lead, motivated, well-trained military effort. [applause] that alone won't fix the problem. that is a huge anchor to have, and we must have it. economic issues and other issues factor in too. we must use our military carefully, wisely, judiciously. what mike said it is very generous introduction to me, and i can say this when i was in the senate -- i did say this when i was in the senate --what is her exit strategy? i was the first one to talk about that. we need to have a series of questions asked before we commit military to different adventures. then what happens?

my good friend jim clifton, who is from nebraska, his family owns gallup.e's said over the last couple years that much of what's going on in the world is driven by no hope, despair, and joblessness. when you have these 18, 19, 20-year-old young men with no prospects, no education, no job, no hope. what do we think is going to happen? it won't be good. all these things come together at a point where the strength of our military, just as always, must never be compromised. we must have the most strongest, most sophisticated, well led, motivated military ever. [applause] that alone won't fix the problem. that is a huge anchor to have, and we must have it. economic issues and other issues factor in too. we must use our military carefully, wisely, judiciously. what mike said it is very -- in his very generous introduction to me, and i can say this when i was in the senate -- i did say this when i was in the senate --what is her the exit strategy? we need to have a series of questions asked before we commit military to different adventures. then what happens? then