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testimony this morning by defense secretary robert gates, as well as the joint chief chairman, admiral mike mulliney're testifying before a senate subcommittee. and we'll have live coverage at 11:00 a.m. on c-span.org. let's go to jim, an independent, in san pedro, california. caller: yes, mr. rohrabacher, you don't have -- you don't have to have a double-digit i.q. to realize that the muslims in any country are not looking for democracy. we got rid of -- in iran, we got rid of the leader there, and they got another one just as bad in egypt, the same thing . host: jim, i think we got your point, and we'll leave it there and ask the congressman, cultural reasons. guest: i don't accept the idea we're at war with the muslim world and that all muslims are bad and they don't like democracy by their very nature. i just -- on the way back from iraq, we stopped for two days in turkey, and we observed the elections there. i just happened to be there that day at the elections. and for the last 10 years, they've had a functioning democracy in turkey. i disagree with some of the decisions. i think their decis