interesting that we had a base budget that had a strategy, the to 20 10 defense review strike that squie. it was right there. then, that defense budget which had projected a 1% increase in real dollars was flattened. actually, not completely flattened. as president obama said, there was a slight increase to the defense budget. yeah, we have a new strategy. i put together along with a colleague of mine, a defense draw down working group. and we had a big debate. what's the difference between a strategy and strategic guidance? the 5 january strategic guidance. that's really just guidance emanating from the 2010 strategy. but that was dispelled right away because both pinetta and general dempsy referred to it as a new strategy, even though it was a strategic guidance. it's true, more attention paid to the precise priorities within it. but if we had had any doubt whether or not it was a new strategy, it is a new strategy. well, the sequesters are another 600 billion, or 575 billion, demanding on how you estimate it. will that mean that we have another new strategy? well, he says sequesters a