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Years but having been here for 19 years going on 20, having such distinguished service. Having touched the department in so many ways, theres no one better suited for this challenging time. Would you please welcome him with your applause . [applause] thank you, john. I have much appreciate the chance to be back at csis as well as all of the serious important work that goes on here. I have to say i have benefited tremendously from their guidance and ideas. I have no doubt that the work that goes ...

Successfully run program, and disaster mode in the lsc and f35. Those decisions were all made by all. I am very refreshed at your comments this morning. You are on the right track. I have been part of the acquisition system for 30 years. Years i have had the opportunity to study it in detail. I am currently with the mccain institute. My job there if acquisitions. Where do i sign up . Of note has already been made. I am serious. I am not just saying things when i say we will need you all to help....

I was in abu dhabi when i said that Mack Thornberry was going to give a big announcement. I got back. It was three hours ago. The most important thing for me to do is get away from the stage quickly because i will make mistakes if i try to stay here. I cant resist. I wanted to say that i was in abu dhabi this last weekend, two weeks before that, i was in tokyo at a conference. And two weeks before that, in seoul. And every place, im hearing the same thing. It is what the hell are you doing to yo...

So, ladies and gentlemen, and congressman, thank you very much for that conversation. Heres how were going to proceed for the remainder of our our. We will engage in a short and brief conversation up here. Ive a couple of questions im going to pick up on based on your comments this morning and then we will open the microphone for questions from the floor. So be thinking about the questions that you want to ask and when the time comes well ask you to raise your hand and do our usual procedure of ...

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Commission reforms. so, that is one area where i still hold some hope. i also hope social security reform is an area where we might have a shot at a bipartisan agreement this summer. >> i think the bigger issue for a lot of people -- look whats happened this past week. what do the american people want? they want more compromise between the two sides. >> thats right. >> and if you look at this budget, youre getting a lot of applause for being bold and courageous, but this is also an ideological d...

Commission reforms. so, that is one area where i still hold some hope. i also hope social security reform is an area where we might have a shot at a bipartisan agreement this summer. >> i think the bigger issue for a lot of people -- look whats happened this past week. what do the american people want? they want more compromise between the two sides. >> thats right. >> and if you look at this budget, youre getting a lot of applause for being bold and courageous, but this is also an ideological d...

Choice and competition. we want comprehensive medicare plans available to seniors that they can pick from and have competitors compete for their benefit it works for federal employees, to the prescription drug benefit and it saves medicare. >> but let me ask you, is tax reform a more doable thing next year than entitlement reform? >> i dont know, because the president gave us a budget that didnt deal with any of the drivers of our debt, it doubles the debt in his first term, triples at the end o...