on target. so i couldn't get ahold of the president. the president in september went to africa, and jack lew at that time was the o and b director, so i'm trying to get ahold of jack lew and i said, look, we need to sit down. the president and the i and whoever else is involved in this, we need to sit down and come to an agreement. we don't want to be stuck here in august with no government open because we don't have the agreement. he said, well, the president is in africa, we can't get ahold of him. finally i kept banging him and he said, you know, the president is going to be in turkey at 10:00 tomorrow morning. if you go through the white house switchboard, we can get the president and he'll be in the back of a limousine. 10:00 in the morning in anchor, turkey was actually 2:00 in the morning in washington, d.c. here i am in washington, d.c., the president is in turkey. we're 10,000 miles apart. i get the president on the phone. mr. president, i understand you had a great trip to africa. yeah, what can i do for you? i said, we have the budget