understand the military and a president who is allowing the reduction of the d.o.d. budget so he can spend money in other places and it will put america's freedom in jeopardy. >> talk about the understanding of the military and let's go to you, speaker gingrich. recently dr. paul referred to you as a chicken hawk because you didn't serve given what you just heard governor perry -- >> dr. paul makes a lot of comments. it's part of his style. my father served 27 years in the army in world war ii, korea and vietnam. i grew up up in a military family moving around the world, since 1979 i spent 32 years working with the training and doctrine command, longest server teacher in the military for 23 years and served on the defense policy board but let me say something about veterans. as an army brat, i feel for veterans. we had a great meeting today with veterans and i made a