being able to find osama bin laden, to find gaddafi, to findawali - all of these individuals were not found because we had massive numbers of troops on the ground. we need to be able to train the afghan forces so they have the ability to protect and defend their country. there is some time line out there to bring our troops home and transition that country's protection over to the afghan security force. i don't know when that is an even if i did, we would not be having that conversation in public. i think the president has made a huge error to play to his base and say he will bring everyone home on a certain date. we have the ability to impact the war on terror in a substantially smaller footprint than we are engaged in today. when we reduce that footprint and how we reduce that footprint needs to be coordinated with the commanders on the ground. again, i would substantially increase the amount of funding for our technological research and development side of the military. i would never put the military's budget on the chopping block from the standpoint of cutting x % out of it. - per