took over our consulate in jeddah and so forth. and again what they have done has been quite impressive. >> thank you. >> thank you, senator nelson. senator sessions? >> i thank you for both of you for your service and to your country. i think the american people see how many men and women in uniform perform and how proud they are to them and and i continue to talk to them in airports and places like that and they are an inspiration to me. but good leadership is important. and it does make a difference and you're providing that. thank you so much. with regard to the training of the afghan military and police, general petraeus, your second tour, i guess, in iraq was to come back and train that. you spent, i guess, a year or so training a force -- and i'm sure you developed some ideas about how that all to be done. it seems to me that of if you've got a local defense force that's willing to defend their community against taliban or al-qaeda, perfect training -- if it's going to delay dramatically the ability of those people to be eff

let's watch this report from jeddah where it -- >> let's watch this report. >> as we begin this new decade, the world is more dangerous than ever. nations around the world have assembled massive armies to defend themselves. russia is 21 million strong. china is 3 million and north to ride out -- north korea is 5 million. the united states has 2.5 million. david martin shows us how the u.s. military plans to defend the country against an ever changing in may. -- in any. -- ever-changing enemy >> american soldiers are hit by a roadside bomb. something as simple as a whole may booby trap blue americas plan for a quick and easy victory. the report card is written in blood and treasure. 5300 are dead. but the 6000 more wounded. more than 950 amputees. more than half have left family behind and some have served five tours. 480,000 are now in the va system. the soldiers that made the sacrifices are compared to those that pay the bill. the problem is there for all to see. the most powerful and sophisticated military force in history is stretched almost to the breaking port -- breaking point. shock

interior building, so threatened oil workers that thousands departed, took hover our consulate in jeddah and so forth and what they have done has been quite impressive. >> thank you, gentlemen. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. nelson. senator sessions. >> thank you. thank both of you for your service to hour country. the more american people see in uniform perform and are prouder of them and i continue to talk to them in airports and places like that, and they're just an inspiration to me, and the good -- but good leadership is important and does make a difference in your providing that. thank you so much. with regard to the training of the afghan military, and police, general perspectives phrase, your second -- general petraeus, you spent a year or so training a force and i'm sure you developed some ideas about how that ought to be done. it seems to me that if you've got a local defense force, that's willing to defend their community against taliban or al qaeda, perfect training, if it's going to delay dramatically on the ability of those people to be effective is a danger, an