and kbr.our people have reviewed the federal 23rd plan, kbr's latest and first time they've ever detailed their plans. and you're still in evaluating it but i understand you have some statements, observations on it. and i understand your observations, to take two of them, you figure that kbr would only reduce its staff 15 percent through july 2010 though the army is going to cut somewhere much near 50 percent of its troops. and in line with this, you say that over 60 percent of kbr plans debt reductions occur within the final months from july 2010 through august 2010. now, visually i think what you're suggesting is kbr's plan is to avoid a steady state, that would keep down the government cost and instead is doing what we call a waterfall in the last months, which reduces a little to that point, maximizes both the taxpayers cost and kbr's profit. do your observations indicate that that's what they're going to do, something like a waterfall in the last month? >> mr. commissioner, the plan has i

do you include contracts with kbr? we include -- let us forget about the deficit as dick cheney said and just spend, spend, spend. what part of government are you complaining about? it seems to me you complain about -- is it the federal government that you complain about being big or something like state governments when they get big -- for state and local governments, it seems like there is no complaint about that? guest: i am barely in control of my own daily schedule. look, all the things that you mention have contributed to declining trust in government. the point i was making is that this started well before the 1980's and 1970's. you can see trust in government declining starting in the mid and late 1960's. long before ronald reagan was even imaginable as a presidential candidate or a president. trust in government plunged to roughly where it is now the day ronald reagan was inaugurated. so, the problem we have is in the past 30 years, the government has been functioning in the context of public opinion that has

they were floor, kbr and dyncorp. what's going to happen? the other countries to have to ask the question they're great program innovators from the first 3i mentioned, the of proven track records. what is the history feeding and housing and putting the electronics and putting in little pieces and security and training the people to do that and hiring them? zero. blackwater has a little history on the afghan border police if you know it. that is an immediate case and it's not the only case. my point is, and i'm going to ask the two of you, get a free ride mr. beaver, are we moving in the right direction and a sense of leaving the impression things are assembly and by building up a head of steam or do we have critical problems that could cost dozens and hundreds of millions of dollars because of a lack of effective coordination? doctor? >> you're absolutely right to put your finger on the interagency coordination within the dod community as you know. there are many stickle verse from the military departments, the office of the secretary defens

they were kbr and dyke. it's disconnected. was going to happen?those other companies coming out asked the question, their great program in aggressive pursuit i mentioned, they have proven track record. what's the history in feeding and housing and putting up electrons and putting in little roads and bases and burns and security and trained people to do that and hired them? zero. now blackwater has a little history on the afghan border police. if you know it. now, it doesn't seem and that's an immediate case, and that's not the only case. so my point is, i'm going to ask the two of you, give you a free rider, mr. bever, are we really moving in the right direction and the sense of leaving the impression that things are really kind of assembly and i'm building up a head of steam? or do we have real critical problems that could cause us dozens and hundreds of millions of dollars because of a lack of effective coordination? dr. schear? >> mr. chairman, you're absolutely right to put your finger on intra-agency coordination within the d.o.d. community a

they were kbr and dyke. it's disconnected. was going to happen? those other companies coming out asked the question, their great program in aggressive pursuit i mentioned, they have proven track record. what's the history in feeding and housing and putting up electrons and putting in little roads and bases and burns and security and trained people to do that and hired them? zero. now blackwater has a little history on the afghan border police. if you know it. now, it doesn't seem and that's an immediate case, and that's not the only case. so my point is, i'm going to ask the two of you, give you a free rider, mr. bever, are we really moving in the right direction and the sense of leaving the impression that things are really kind of assembly and i'm building up a head of steam? or do we have real critical problems that could cause us dozens and hundreds of millions of dollars because of a lack of effective coordination? dr. schear? >> mr. chairman, you're absolutely right to put your finger on intra-agency coordination within the d.o.d. community

do you include contracts with kbr?-- let us forget about the deficit as dick cheney said and just spend, spend, spend. what part of government are you complaining about? it seems to me you complain about -- is it the federal government that you complain about being big or something like state governments when they get big -- for state and local governments, it seems like there is no complaint about that? guest: i am barely in control of my own daily schedule. look, all the things that you mention have contributed to declining trust in government. the point i was making is that this started well before the 1980's and 1970's. you can see trust in government declining starting in the mid and late 1960's. long before ronald reagan was even imaginable as a presidential candidate or a president. trust in government plunged to roughly where it is now the day roughly where it is now the day ronald reagan guest: the problem we have, in the past 30 years, the government has been functioning in a context of public opinion that ha