>> there are layers of cuts, as you know, who could forget the super committee failure in november. that means an additional $600 billion would automatically, remember those trigger mechanisms we talk about, would automatically be cut from the military over the course of ten years, starting in 2013. at the time, and we heard this multiple times, secretary panetta gave this morning. take a listen. >> i've warned that by cutting an excess of $20 billion in every area, sequester will lead to a hollow force. a ship without sailors, it's a brigade without bullets, it's an airwing without enough trained pilots. it's a paper tiger. >> certainly that was then. we heard those words, hollow force echoed. do those words at all worry you? >> they always worry me and i'm always concerned when we transition from one defense strategy to another. i've been through several of