Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Both gentlemen, I want to thank you for your comprehensive testimony and for the fact that you're here today.
Mr. Stanton, your remarks surprised me just a little bit and caught me a little off guard. You proposed that NATO might respond to the situation. I presume that you mean militarily, which is when you go to NATO. Notwithstanding 9/11 and Mr. Bush's war on terror that followed, NATO was initiated to protect North America directly. Wouldn't you really see that if it did reach a point where decisions were being made, they should be decisions made internationally at the United Nations as opposed to NATO?