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That they're moving quickly whatever they're doing? >> it's wrong to laugh at the north koreans when they have these fails tests. unlike the united states, they don't have this bureaucratic acquisition process. they just want to make sure it works. they have mistakes, adapt and learn from them and next time they increase their technical capability. it's wrong to laugh at the north koreans. they are smart. they do have capable scientists. by the way, they share this technology they have in the past with iran. so this has far-reaching global complications. it's so important that the trump admini...

I think 17 years has been too long. when d.o.d. went through its decision on electronic medical records and its acquisition process in 2014, it took them approximately 26 months to do this. i will tell you, in government terms, that's actually a pretty efficient process. i don't think we can wait that long when it comes to the health of our veterans. and so under my authority, as the secretary of v.a., i am acting to essentially to a direct acquisition of the hhr being deployed by the department of defense, that will be across the entire v.a. enterprise that's going to allow the seamless healt...

Long. when d.o.d. went through its decision on electronic medical records and its acquisition process in 2014, it took them approximately 26 months to do this. and i will tell you in government terms, that's actually a pretty efficient process. i don't think we can wait that long when it comes to the health of our veterans. and so under my authority as the secretary of v.a., i am acting to essentially do a direct acquisition of the ehr currently being deployed by the department of defense that will across the entire v.a. enterprise that's going to allow seamless health care for veterans and qu...

It needs to be fixed. >> this new aircraft carrier. you served in the navy for a long time. you were the head of the military's central command. and i love aircraft carriers, don't get me wrong. the u.s. now has ten of them. used to have more. this one -- they started building it in 2008. supposed to be ready in 2014. it's now 2017. it's not yet ready. it's billions and billions and billions of dollars overbudget. it's going to wind up costing u.s. taxpayers $13 billion. here's the question. why do they always get it -- not always, but most of the time these defense contractors, they get it so...

Donald trump was there. this is very important. we're talking about billions of dollars here, one of the promises he made is that soon the navy is going to be the largest that it's been and said you got to get a good deal, same boats or planes for less money. but he's standing on an aircraft carrier that's a budget buster. >> absolutely. not only is it a budget buster but also delayed multiple times because of equipment issues and other issues that deal with the acquisition process, so one of the things he really should do is actually reform the acquisition process within the pentagon and that...