We've got to balance that particular force. When we talk about the war, and we talk about our people and we talk about recapitalization, there's a balancing act. And that's across air and space and cyber, integrating those three domains that we intend to dominate forever. And those are sort of our first principles. That's a key to understand what we're about, because our aim is to see first, to understand first, and to act first. You heard the Chief talk about, and the Secretary, global vigilance, global reach, and global power. To be serious there really are some CliffsNotes that you need to note, because they aren't just bumper stickers, they're the way that we, and certainly in Air Combat Command, weigh our programs and our processes and make our decisions. So that's your educational enrichment for the symposium. Now I always try and enrich your life when I come down here, I don't know if you know, but did you know that CliffsNotes is all one word, and a CliffsNotes was started by a Nebraska native named Clifton Hiligas in 1958, and I thought not.
In order to do that I thought I'd start out with a Cliffs Notes. Now since we've just finished a significant election in our country and we're bearing down on another even more significant one, it reminds me of the crowd that was listening to one political speech and a fellow in the back was having a hard time hearing and he loudly asked his friend near the front, "What's he talking about?" And his friend from the front row just as loudly called back, "He ain't sayin!" So I'll try to be clearer. This is an opportunity for me to get out and see these new technologies that the industry is bringing to the table and try to be able to share my views on what's happening in the combat air forces and where I think we're heading. Thanks for that introduction, it's always great to be here. And just for all of you folks in the front row-these things will not work for you, so just don't bother in writing any questions down. Don asked me is there any questions that I wanted him to ask me, and I said, No.
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