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hopefully the message you have given us will have some impact throughout the congress and on the other end of pennsylvania avenue. we can solve this. this is ridiculous you've louse to be at this stage at this time given the seriousness of the danger. thank you very much. >> i suggest that the senator go and vote and the first vote and try to come back. so he can have his turn. it is the senator and then on our side senator gillibrand. if you can stick to three minutes we might be able to pull this off. >> i join all my colleagues in thanking the panel. it is clear that we need to avoid sequestration because the harm to our military as well as the civilian side and the nonmilitary spending will be quite devastating. so -- it is going to take us sitting here with the president to get out of this gridlock. we have many situations and the one taken by north korea is troubling. the administration is correct in rebalancing with an emphasis of rebalancing. last week secretary panetta said it would cut naval readiness by a third. i would like to ask about the ability to carry out missions if the sequester is put in place. >> first as i talked about 80% of our force had