on one last question, and i think this probably goes to the commissioner henke and to commissioner zakheimi will start with you, commissioner. you made a point of getting those people from dod to state if that allows us to have this inherently governmental job be done by trained, experienced, prepared government people who understand wilson engagement and can make such adjustments. if you could elaborate a little bit on, let's assume for a moment as a model not just in one country where we agreed to move our uniformed armed forces, but taken to all other aspects -- hotspots in which the state department is using alternatives to come if you will, their own forces. how could we do that in a way that protected that status of forces, if you will, that normally the uniformed military has when there's a gun to to the state department? >> well, as you just heard from my colleague, commissioner tiefer, it's just much too comforted when you're dealing with civilians. our whole approach to civilians is so outdated, and i'm speaking person but i know the commission is our but we been speaking as a co

let me ask this question commissioner zakheim. >> they are extremely important. if you do not close out a contract, you can still in theory spend money. that money probably should not be spent. it is taxpayer money and probably going in the wrong way to the wrong people. we have seen cases where contractors are using people may be 1/5 of the time but being paid full-time. when you look at thousands upon thousands of contracts that have not been closed out, which means they have not been properly audited, by the way. if you're not auditing a contract for years and the government is paying for the time in between the audit and having to take place, the tax payer is being hit with a double lewhammy. that's just ridiculous. >> congressman shays, good to see you again. what steps should be taken to accelerate this process? >> let me just say that honesty. look at the numbers. and i need to say that congress needs to share in this burden. this isn't just the administration. congress needs to be advocating that these positions be filled. >> i will take that one on again