number of ships we have. in each of those categories, we are now roughly at 50% of where we were 20 years ago. our navy today is the same size as our navy in 1916. so our military would not be what you would call vast by standards of 20 years ago. we are halfway. that being understood, i would happen no problems with that budget were we not dealing with an economic reality which is most austere and stern. it requires all of us to take a very solid look at our spending and deal with the fact that we are vastly over spending the revenues we can generate from within our own country. given the overall balance of what we have to do, this is probably the best compromise we could come up with. i have heard the minority leader talk about what is responsible, what is courageous. the america i know, coming from the state of missouri, has a positive attitude. it says we have had some problems before. we have had whopper big problems. we are quick to tighten our belt. we are going to go