Democrats say the threat of the rules change must be eliminated for this session.
"The threat changed, but we did not change our focus."
The threats also changed the two families' habits outside the home.
It now takes so many years to design and build a fighter that the military threat can change in the meantime.
"Just the threat of a takeover changes a company," he noted.
Without it, the main threat changed to the left flank.
If so, then the threat alone changes the balance of power in the Middle East.
It is an issue we are going to have to keep looking at because inevitably, the threats change all the time.
"But the threats have changed and with them the definition of our interests has to be adjusted."
While the threats to America have changed, the need for victory has not.