will not be possible by coercion alone, but this coalition that has been formed may need to completely destroy the houthis' means of power and projection. that's within our capacity to be able to do so. the houthis are a rebel group inside yemen. if we cannot eliminate their ability to project power, we've got some serious thinking to do in terms of increasing our capabilities. but the other point that i would add, and appreciate the opportunity, this should be a wake-up call that the united states defense strategy needs to be based on having the capability and capacity to fight more than one regional contingency at a time. today we've got less than half the combat air forces that we had over 30 years ago when fighting the first gulf war, and the threats facing the united states and our allies are much