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Process of acquisition to their advantage and to the disadvantage of the american people. trump is going to be more like a governor than like our traditional sense of a president. governors intervene. they're aggressive. they're in your face. i think the f-35 program has been a disgrace. i think the acquisition process of the pentagon has to be totally redone. and i think that serving notice that we are not trapped by large contractors with big armies of lobbyists is going to shake up washington about as much as any single thing you could do. >> let's talk about the current president, presiden...

Process of acquisition to their advantage and to the disadvantage of the american people. trump is going to be more like a governor than like our traditional sense of a president. governors intervene. they're aggressive. they're in your face. i think the f-35 program has been a disgrace. i think the acquisition process of the pentagon has to be totally redone. and i think that serving notice that we are not trapped by large contractors with big armies of lobbyists is going to shake up washington about as much as any single thing you could do. >> let's talk about the current president, presiden...

Have been rigging the entire process of acquisition to their advantage and to the disadvantage of the american people. trump is going to be more like a governor than like our traditional sense of a president. governors intervene. they're aggressive. they're in your face. i think the f-35 program has been a disgrace. i think the acquisition process of the pentagon has to be totally redone. and i think that serving notice that we are not trapped by large contractors with big armies of lobbyists is going to shake up washington about as much as any single thing you could do. >> let's talk about th...

Defense. reported yesterday, $125 billion worth of waste. and there's been several secretaries before that have attempted this, rumsfeld, gates, all have talked about it, but i think we need a warrior in order to cut the red tape and return it to what it needs to be, defending our country. >> why is a warrior better to cut through the red tape? >> i think if you're going to fight the bureaucracy, you need to take in someone looking at the core priorities of the defense. core capability at the front line, make sure that our troops in harm's way have what they need, the acquisition process, we s...

Plenty mentation or outcome. and shame on the department of defense. they should start firing hermine people over there. >> absolutely. the national defense authorization act which by the way the president veelted in a very public way, there is the beginning of acquisition reforms. so when you look at how the pentagon does business, i mean, we all know about the f-35 and that's cost way more than it should even though it's a great impact. how do we begin to fix the acquisition process and how do we fix a process like this. >> started indicting people for doing this. martha stewart and dennis h...