why did the federal reserve sabin brothers? who made that decision?hy was the decision made not to say lehman brothers and who made that decision? what were the respective roles of treasury? [laughter] the reserve bank of york -- of new york. why did the federal reserve say i g n two made that decision? [laughter] in my paper, i have tried to respond to [unintelligible] >> could you repeat that question? [laughter] [applause] >> i thought you bet he was some kind of plant, right? [laughter] governor bremer, the federal reserve and the treasury in consultation, we spoke to the president and congress whenever possible, attempted to avoid the systemic collapse of our financial markets, our financial system. we were extremely concerned that the collapse of these large firms in a disorderly way would have very adverse affect on the broader economy and the broader global economy. the evidence is baldwin brothers is that we were right, that the collapse of these firms is very destructive -- the evidence is, with lehman brothers, is that we were right, the co

that sabine expedition is all about. and so we spent a lot of time and money and gray matter attempting to determine what do we need from our organic capacity that would allow us to move rapidly, live on what is and do what has to be done. there are things that need to sustain his. let there be no question about that. there's a supply line out there that's going to need us to get the fuel. we will need of water for troops. although we are doing our own well digging in purifying. winter is coming on. will have to be able to provide some level of heat and cover. probably heating cans when all is said and done. but the enemy doesn't have those kinds of things, by and large that you see in some of our larger areas. and in some places that people don't have some of those covers. we are outliving with the people, and i have to be honest with you where not imposing on the great, young americans that join our core. we visited those people in iraq that were living along the same lines and said, are you going to rotate back to al-