action and deferred to the russians who said they would take care of it. >> mike, let me bounce back to you for a second. you talk about the political implications. you try to get your head around how broad the context. you have the missile strike. where is the president? he is in mar-a-lago meeting with the president of china. supposedly dealing with north korea. that was supposed to be the biggest test. now this happens. you have the russian interference investigation going on at the same time that you have the new dynamic with russia and the united states. all of this going on at the same time. how do you handle that? >> you know, an old saying in the army that if your map doesn't match the terrain, go with the terrain. the international incidents will dictate the pace of this. i don't think the president had a choice of laying out all of the other issues. our military is complicated. we can deal with more than one thing at a time. that is what are you seeing