from something like north of $500 billion a year for defense to something south of it? how are we going to allocate those cuts and allocate the presence and use of assets we still have. very big decisions? given those last questions, dan senor, do you think chuck hagel is a good pick? i don t. i have tremendous respect for him, his military service. he truly is an american hero. we had secretaries of defense who served in the military and secretaries of defense who haven t. don rumsfeld, macnamara served in the military. it is an important attribute. i don t think it is the definition of criteria for secretary of defense. thick there will be questions. why doesn t he meet the criteria of success for secretary of defense. here s the thing. there will be confirmation hearings and things to be asked. one is this question whether or not chuck hagel has been outside the mainstream bipartisan