all of their time in the
pentagon.
they run to the pentagon all the
approval.
they don't actually execute
their programs.
we have to give them the
authority.
hey should spend time in the
factories.
number four, we have to have a
test process that's efficient
need for speed
and that means we have to
understand how to take risks in
failured that sometimes
will be okay.
and then number five, operators
have to understand how to take
come ional risk when we
in.
all five of those things have to
be fixed and if we only address
the it will not solve
problem but if we address each
we of these across the board
difference.
>> let's talk about acquisition
authority.
it's something that the congress
pushed authority down.
as of two years ago, 2/3 of the
major programs where we mad to
decisions on major
acquisition programs, 2/3 of
managed grams were
within the auspices of the
secretary of defense.
that's completely reversed so
those programs are
now at the service level and
we've requested...