>>> next on "this week in defense news" pentagon acquisitiochief ash courter on his plans to save >>>elcome to "this week in defense news." i'm vago muradian. what's the right balance between freedom of speech and protect, sensitive information? we'll hear from pentagon spokesman geoff morrell. but first we're joined by ash carter, undersecretary of defense for acquisitions, technology and logistics who unveiled new guidelines for how the pentagon will purchase everything from weapons to services. his plan to find 23 initiatives, grouped into five categories -- affordability and cost control, incentivizing productist, promoting real competition, and improving services acquisition and reducing bureaucracy. ash, great to have you back on the show. >> good to be back with you you. >> i'm sure you happy you have weekend back, working for months. >> we're not going to get weekends back because now it's time to implement, and i'm dogged. and so we're moving into the implementation phase. >> into implementation phase, obviously the report. the focus, there's a lot of discussion on major plat