you cannot cut $1 trillion from the department of defense budget and expect that america's freedoms are not going to be jeopardized. that, to me is the biggest problem that america faces, is a president that doesn't understand the military and a president who is allowing the deduction of the dod budget so he can spend money in other places and it will put america's freedom in jeopardy. >> 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 say about understanding the military and dr. paul's comments. how do you respond? >> 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 in a military family moving around the world. since 1979, i have spent 32 years working, start with the army's training and doctrine command. i served on the defense policy board.