let me switch gears here and talk about a new book which is revealing some somewhat shocking information about an alleged close call with china, according to excerpts that have been released from the book peril. general mark milly called his chinese counterpart twice this to assure him or reassure him that the u.s. was not going to attack china. so is a chair of armed service who has had interactions with milly, how do you interpret this? it s very straightforward. and i m a huge fan of chairman milly s. we re worked closely together for a long time, and we talked a lot about the facts and issues leading up to the transition of power. chairman milly has been put in an impossible situation and i think handled it really well. i do think this story about china is first of all overblown. first of all as chairman of the