provision of the patriot act, which allows the government to go to a third party to get our communication. and that s the issue. tony, turning to a slightly different topic, i want to talk about money. secretary of defense hagel was out today talking about the pentagon budget cuts. let s take a listen. if sequester-level cuts persist, dod would experience nearly $1 trillion in defense spending reductions over the next ten years. to help dod balance strategic ends, ways, and means under these budget scenarios, the strategic choice of the management review scrutinized every aspect of dod s budget. everything was on the table. so, what does this all this mean for what we re doing in afghanistan going forward and our presence there? within the past week, there s been a bipartisan, much like the amash vote on nsa. there s been a real moving back towards reducing the funding for afghanistan. now, general dunford is doing his best with the commander of forces there. he s now debating