>> general dunford? >> admiral ferguson got it right.we participate fully in the process to do the strategic review led by secretary panetta. we have an opportunity to provide input in that comprehensive strategic review and we are confident the results of strategic review will be the framework where specific cuts were made. what we had to do in the initial going was take a look and assume proportional cuts across the board as we went through the drill of $450 billion but at the end of the day as we get towards december the strategic review will be complete. at that point we will talk about the specific decision the secretary will make. our understanding is he has not made any final decisions about specific cuts that would be made to achieve the initial goal. >> pretty much the other witnesses have the same answer. >> i would argue from the army standpoint we are participating in the internal debate but when i get up in the morning and see the futures, how they're doing in the stock market, look around town and see what the think tanks a

dunford, jr., assistant commandant of the marine corps. general dunford has gone through the marine corps amphibious warfare school as a distinguished career and we appreciate the knowledge he brings to the panel. last but not least is general breedlove, we appreciate you being with us. he's the choice chief of staff of the u.s. air force. he's a georgia tech graduate and general we enjoyed as a graduate of the university of virginia playing you the other week and it may be the one bright spot we'll have this year but thanks for your help and cooperation in that. he's also a fwradge watt of arizona state university -- graduate of arizona state university where he had his master of science degree and the national war college. without further ado we want to get to your opening statements. we're pleased to have the ranking members join us now -- ranking member has joined us now. we have with us the ranking member of the full committee. we talked about dispensing with our opening statements and putting them in the record. ms. bordallo: mr. cha

general dunford is my partner today. i do not think the relationship between the ground forces has ever been any greater. the air force and the navy are, in fact, asking us and they have participated fully in the development and implementation of the protocols. like anything it takes time to do those things, but i think we are a lot further down the road in ensuring that as a joint force we recognize posttraumatic stress and brain injuries. we like to, beat up on ourselves. the problem is the things associated with this thing is civilian life. it is real. i am talking to 500 people in this room today. 400 of you really get it and really believe it. 100 of you are saying, not really. they are just plain the system. i know that is true because i briefed every formation that these in the united states army. it is like when you talk to the reserve components. no matter how wonderful the army is towards the reserve components, there will always be 10% that believe they are not getting what the active component guys do. on the