lesser-known cuts proposed for the air national guard with issues that concerned we deeply with with respect to air control alert locations. air national guard explosive ordnance. the air control alert. i think it's safe to say from everything we have learned without going into anything we have from classified briefings, it's safe to say that commercial airlines are still a target of terrorists. is that not a fair statement? >> that's correct, senator. >> and it would be one thing if we could say our threat picture or our strategy for dealing with threats to the united states have changed and that would drive reductions. but i worry that we're just seeing a budget -- i don't see the threat going down. i think we should have our air control alert locations. and for air national guard explosive ordnance disposal, and i know that falls under your purview, it looks to me like what they did was just hand you a bill to pay and then you had to make state and local cuts, including bomb squad cuts, to meet those targets. do you think the air force considered the state and local impact of getting rid of our air bomb squads? which i know governors all over the country us

air national guard and issues that concern me deeply. specifically cuts to air control alert locations. air national guard explosive ordnance. the air controller. i think it's safe to say from everything we have learned without going into anything we get, it's safe to say that commercial airlines are still a target of terrorists. is that not a fair statement? >> that's correct, senator. our strategy for dealing with threats to the united states have changed. and that's would drive reductions. but i worry that we're just seeing a budget cut, i don't see the threat going out. i think we should have our air control alert locations. it looks like they just handed you a bill to pay, and then you had to make cuts to meet those targets. do you think they considered the impact of getting rid of the air force bomb squads? i know governors all over the country use. to help when they need a bomb squad. i've certainly seen it in my own state of vermont. do you think they thought of that? that that impacts the states pretty badly? >> i'm going to address this question first. senator, you're correct. that threat is still there. and i think

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