envision in broad terms this potential military campaign to be in terms of its effect? what do we expect at the end of any authorized action to see the results look like? what is our expectation? >> yes, thank you, chairman. the task i've been given is to develop military actions to deter, that is to say, change the regime's cal cue lous and degrade his ability to do so, that is to say both activities directly related to chemical weapons themselves but also potentially the means of employing them and anything further than that, i would prefer to speak about in a classified setting. >> i understand that. let me ask you this, in the process of achieving those two goals you just outlined, would there not be a collateral consequence to the regime of