Thank you. Thank you, senator sessions. Senator king. Very briefly, mr. Chairman, i want to thank you gentlemen for joining us today and hoped that you can stay engaged in this issue. One question is are you being consulted, have you been consulted by this commission . Have you had an opportunity to testify and provide your input. Yes, sir, the afa has and we have also been consulted by the department of defense. Very helpful. We certainly want that to continue and we want your good thoughts as we try to work through this. You understand the box that were in. The chiefs presented it very well that if we dont make these changes, then we have to take the money from somewhere else. We dont have the luxury of saying, oh, well, well just add to the budget unless we are able to do something about sequestration. And i appreciate the statesmanlike view that you took, for example, general, saying that, you know, you understand that, and it is a tradeoff between readiness, training, and compensation. So with that, i just hope you will stay engaged with us and help guide us through this difficult set of decisions. I appreciate you joining us here. We have received statements from outside groups and individuals including the National Military family association, the reserve officers association, the reserve enlisted association, and they and other statements which will be submitted to us will be made part of the record. We thank you for your service in and out of government, and we will stand adjourned. Next, live, your calls and comments on washington journal. Been newsmakers with representative hal rogers from kentucky. In a house debate on the select committee to investigate the attack on benghazi. China it has become the factory of the world and sends products around the world in a way that takes our lifestyles possible. Ofcould not have the quality life that we enjoy if we could not have lowcost goods and yet in china today, the standard of living remains only about 1 6 of what it is in the United States in terms of per capita income. That is a source of frustration because people realize that we work hard and are participating and play by the rules and yet we are not enjoying the quality of life that they have. What i think is so interesting about this is that for most of chinese history nobody had any idea what life was like outside. Chinese people now can sit on a computer in their village and have a pretty accurate understanding of what it is like to live in washington dc. And so that heightens the conflict. On the rising conflict between the chinese able and their government, on q a. A reporters roundtable with matt lewis, and Huffington Post reporter sabrina siddiqui. Why numbersntino on of congress are calling for the resignation of ericsson seki. And we will take your calls on facebook and you can join us on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Morning, it is sunday, may 11, 2014. We are watching that controversial referendum in eastern ukraine. Its divides between russia and the west. Meanwhile several states are keying up are gearing up for key primaries. Next week in georgia, kentucky, pennsylvania among others. It is mothers day. In light of that we want to open up our phone lines on the washington