letter from the president to saddam talked about, may be interpreted that also to be she better not slimed us. they had released the chemicals down to battalion levels, we knew that. anybody over there who we were threatening could have retaliated with chemical weapons. so it was, again, there's so many levels. you listen to this, listen, for all you cadets better here, thank you for coming. because the levels of interacting here today has been just unbelievable. you've got what the president was thinking about, what he was doing, all these different levels, and then i was just out there, you know, at the end, you know, point, you know, tell me what to do, boss. >> i will jump in as the boss. [laughter] and i say thank you very much to dr. engel. [applause] general house. [applause] >> i happened to be on the trip that you saw highlighted in this video with the president and mrs. bush went to saudi arabia to see the troops before the ground war started. and the white house staff was trained to use gas masks and put on clothing. so we were very concerned about the use of chemicals and very bad