>> mr. secretary, time for one more? >> back as the chief, you mentioned that there would be a lot more mergers agong defense companies in the coming years. we have been seeing more of that recently, there have been a lot of concerns that feels like it will eliminate competition. i was wondering your assessment of these murders and are they starting to go too far? >> i can't comment on that particular case that's being determined at this time and i do remember back then. what i said then and still believe is that it was important to excessive consolidation in the defense industry to the point where we did not have multiple vendors who could compete with one another. many programs. and to the proint point where we had so-called vertical integration in companies to an