civil-sufficiency. >>. >> the third pillar is to reserve peace through strength. [ applause ] >> we recognize that weakness is the surest path to conflict and unrivalled power is the most certain means of defense. for this reason, our strategy breaks from the damaging defense sequester. we're going to get rid of that. [ applause ] >> it calls for a total modernization of our military and reversing previous decisions to shrink our armed forces, even as threats to national security grew. it calls for streamlining acquisition, eliminating bloated bureaucracy and massively building up our military which