now congressman mack thorn berry talks about trying to change the way the defense department spends money and gives security clearances. the texas republican is heading initiative for the house armed services committee for the pentagon acquisition process. the international cities hosted this one-hour event. >> i was in abu dhabi when i said that mack thornberry was going to give a big announcement. i got back. it was three hours ago. the most important thing for me to do is get away from the stage quickly because i will make mistakes if i try to stay here. i can't resist. i wanted to say that i was in abu dhabi this last weekend, two weeks before that, i was in tokyo at a conference. and two weeks before that, in seoul. and every place, i'm hearing the same thing. it is what the hell are you doing to yourselves. they want america to be a global leader. they see what they're doing, and they're genuinely anxious, worried about what we're doing. they say why -- why is this happening? i give them an explanation about very deep turmoil we have within our government about how do we establish p