military presence. there is virtually no presence and other countries are taking advantage of that. what do you think about the scope of our presence at some of these rule-setting meetings and what are your plans for the future? >> senator, we need to be there. we need to be active. we need to come prepared to engage and work for america's interests in these multilateral discussions you describe -- i think this was for wto that was in this article. it sounds like we share that sentiment. i couldn't tell you why we don't work there. i don't know if it was the accident of people or the ak. in th in. you give the outset of this