naval credit union, usaa, they re telling soldiers they ll give them a spot loan and allow them to say, basically, withdraw their salary on a zero interest loan to make sure they re not affected. it is a big topic here. we finally have the secretary of defense weighing in saying, yes, the pentagon will be affected. quickly, because i m almost out of show here, but it seems as though for the military, the bigger issue is not what s happening with the shutdown but the issue of continually funding the government through crs, through the short-term continuing resolutions, piecemeal, piece by piece. that seems to be the broader issue here. is mattis talking about that? reporter: he mentioned that in his speech. the point of his speech was the national defense strategy. how you plan long-term to challenge and make sure you have more than parody against china and russia. it is difficult to do that if you don t have a budget. it is difficult to plan for the long-term if you re just on shor