do. let me mention a couple of those most important tasks here. first, we need to continue to develop and refine our national cyber policy framework which includes the evolution of all dimensions of our deterrence posture. the ability to deny the adversary its objectives, to impose costs and to ensure we have a resilient infrastructure to execute a multidomain mission. this refinement and evolution in our deterrent thinking and capability will further empower decision making at net speed. second, within the department, cyber command has matured and is doing more to protect the nation and support global operations than ever before, and we need to continue, in fact, accelerate this maturation. accordingly, the secretary of defense supports the elevation of cyber command to a unified combatant command and supports ending the dual-hat arrangement for the leadership of nsa and