so back on today, appropriately, is the head of their east asia team, vp roger baker.nks for being with us. >> thank you. >> so, let's talk about the big climate deal, which i think has been the headline of this trip so far. the likely incoming head of the senate environment committee, senator jim inhofe, has called the climate deal a nonbinding charade. do you agree with his assessment or do you think this is consequential in terms of our relationship with china and also what will happen with climate change? >> the reality is, it's nonbinding. this is an agreement. it's a statement of intent. to a large extent there's no way to verify, there's no way to enforce what each side is going to do. nonetheless, in some ways at least it's a political gesture that says the united states and china are both willing to look at this issue. it may shift the debate, though, from broad multinational climate change arrangements to something that focuses a little more on bilateral agreements. >> mike kay standing in for toure today. i wanted to ask you about the u.s. defense budget, wh