during this war, during world war ii, we had a war department and then afterwards it became a defense department. and i think lloyd austin said it best and that these men and women built this democracy. they save the world and built this, these democracies, democracy has been able to flourish we now are in a position to make sure that we defend it. and i think that's the very poignant place we are today. when you look at all the challenges that we're confronted with and kayla just focusing in on the president's speech specifically, you talked about kind of there are dual goals and missions going in and talk about what you heard then from the president coming out well i took note of his baton passing to the future generation acknowledging that the veterans who were here at years ago and are also here