and i believe the obama given four more years will cut between 300,000 and 400,000 troops. but even romney-ryan could cut between 150,000 and 200,000 troops. why? they will all cut troops. the real treasure, the golden arrow in our quiver to preserve welfare payment to major defense contractors. shannon: that just the first cut. we know the pentagon is facing $487 billion in additional cuts aside from sequestration. i want to read something from frank kendall the undersecretary of defense. he talks about the fact if you have a defense budget with 25 lines in the budget. each those lines would have to be cut 11%. but you are saying you think the administration would find a way to preserve the big fat defense