The world. that means we have to bolster some new capabilities. our cyber defenses. how we deal with our satellites and how we re adapting our military and investing in new capabilities to meet long-term threats. we re going have to work with congress on a more responsible approach to defense spending including the reforms we need to make the department more efficient. that s how we re going preserve readiness. that s how we re going to keep faith with our forces and families that s how we re going deliver world a class care to our wounded warriors. ash is going to be critical to all of these efforts. we talked about this job, we talked about how we have to make smart choices precisely because there s so many challenges out there, and we re going have to squeeze everything we have out of the resources we have in order to be as effective as possible and i can t think of somebody who is more qualified to do that.