it gives us money in budget accounts like air force o urement, and army active and. you can't do new starts, rate increases, no new military construction projects. and you get a little more than 25% of it to cover october 1 through january 15. beyond that, though, we have to look at the fact eventually we'll get some kind of appropriation. we need to be careful where we spend that money. and we can't move between those accounts at all. generally we aren't allowed to reprogram when we are under continuing resolution. so for a while we kind of have to hold our breath and try to look to the future and be as conservative as you can. if that's a vague answer it's because things are vague. it's not a good way to run a ailroad. >> regarding the doubts on congress reaching a compromise, is there anything that can be said that hasn't been said already by the department to convince lawmakers that this cliff is coming? or is it just a matter of continuing to beat the drum -- >> to help the process along? we'll be helpful in any way we can. we'll work through the administration.