and also he gave the metal to civil rights activist sylvia mendez. this is "the orange county register" with that story. conn. ron is a moderate. what do you think of the republican proposal for funding for the rest -- rest of 2011? caller: i have not studied the the whole thing. caught have not -- have not been able to get extreme information on. by and large in favor of a lot of it. i know it is going to cut up a lot of sacred cows and it can't help that. what one person sees as unnecessary program, another will say that is vital. the reason i wanted to call -- everyone seems to want to spear the defense department. i am retired united states navy. my daughter is in regular active