, perhaps future senator dan choates with legislation to create the joint forces command. we were responding to a report what was then called the national defense panel which was a team b, outside group to review the quadrennial defense review of 1997 and the n.d.p. was an impressive group and had people on it like richard armitage, admiral jeremiah, general bob riscassie. they recommended the creation of the joint forces command to drive jointness through our military which had not been done even though goldwater-nichols was in force in law, ultimately secretary cohen in response to a lot of back and forth, general shelton was general of the joint chiefs and put this joint forces command in place. so my question really is, and i must say with respect to the -- to me there's a little bit of confusion about what the argument is here because secretary lennon, in your testimony i think you did say the principal purpose for the creation of jf-com 99 is society a military culture and doctrine has largely been achieved. on the other hand i think you did say in response to chairm