ms. flournoy: i would be ready to make that case. moderator: i have one final question i dug out to throw out john and inadi or h questions pier 1 other issue that pops up a fair amount and the dialogue today, concerns nott either tunneling -- the border, but talk about the border with jordan, but we have not talked about the border between the new palestinian state in israel. look at the tunneling threat, and also, for example, areas around, let's say, been going on airport -- the airport and how to deal with those challenges, even rockets, and things fired from gaza. i want to throw that out there as another issue that is important to address when we tackle the report. then we will open it up for questions. general allen: i will defer to here in aadi, moment. we took this very seriously. we watched what was unfolding during the gaza conflict at the time we were doing negotiations and some of the horrific activity that occurred in what became known as subterranean warfare. in fact, israel today probably leads the world in nocturnal

ms. flournoy: thank you all for coming today. we are excited to see you for this report. commitment tos. the state of israel and the security of israel is a historic one and is one that has been carried through from administration to administration . it's one of the few areas of foreign policy that receives consistent, solid bipartisan support. within that, the defense relationship between the u.s. and israel is unique. bestnk both sides do their to insulate the defense relationship and are cooperation from the ups and downs and the roller coaster ride we sometimes felt. we have agreement on this and disagreement on that, but having had the opportunity to work on this unique relationship, the real governing principle is this notion of maintaining israel's ensuretive edge and to israel has the ability to defend itself by itself. people too often think about this as something that you obtain. we get to it and we can pat ourselves on the back. the truth is that it is a dynamic. dramatic changes in the region. we have seen all kinds of threats and opportunities emerge around,