. >> peter sharpman, miter kormgs. getting back to the sequestration, would the unprecedented degree of flexibility that you described give the defense department once in a generation opportunity to cut things that have been sacred cows in congress. is this the chance to cut the program in the subcommittee chairman's district? >> what an astonishingly clever question. it sort of remind me of, you know, richard nixon's secret plan for ending the war in southeast asia. it would certainly, potentially, provide a once in a century opportunity to do that sort of thing. i will tell you, though, i see not only no indication that anybody is willing to step up to that, but i suspect that the bulldozers lined up outside the building, if that were to occur, would materialize very, very quickly and we'd see some elimination. what it does do, peter, is it provides the opportunity for those of us who want to contribute to the discussion and provide advice as rich note t earlier to begin thinking a little more creatively about what k