Thank you.
Mr. Chair, I don't think you can judge the performance based on one year's data. Clearly 2010-11 was an anomalous year, and $950 million, a very large number. I've attempted to explain what drove that number. When we look at the seven-year history going back to 2004-05, including the 2010-11 fiscal year, which was anomalous, our total lapse was $1.4 billion on spending authorities of about $118 billion. That's 1.2%.
I would be surprised, frankly, if anybody could show me an organization in this country that manages to within a percentage point and a half of their budget, given the tremendous uncertainties in the environment in which DND operates.