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The funding on contract. >> that contract -- >> starting the process. >> those contracts will be fulfilled fourth quarter perhaps or whatever it was? >> sir, i have to say, i'm a policy official, i am not a contracting expert. but my understanding is we will be able to make up for lost time in the contracting process. >> fantastic. you go through three or four steps you went through because you disagreed with the hold being placed on the assistance and i certainly agree with that. did you get any kind of criticism with the folks you dealt with because you were going against omb's direction for...

You're starting the process. >> contracts will be fulfilled fourth-quarter perhaps. >> sir, i have to say i am a policy official. i'm not contracting expert. my understanding is we will be able to make up for lost time in the contracting process. >> fantastic. the three or four steps that you went through because you disagreed with the holes being placed on the assistance and i certainly agree with that. did you get any kind of criticism from the folks that you deal with because you were going against the omb's direction to put a hold? did you get criticized for that? >> absolutely not. my ent...

Obligate means you're putting the funding on contract and you're starting the process. >> those contracts will be fulfilled fourth quarter, perhaps, whatever it was? >> sir, i have to say i'm a policy official. i am not a contracting expert. but my understanding is that we will be able to make up for lost time in the contracting process. >> fantastic. you go through three or four steps as you went to, because you disagreed with the hold being placed on the assistance, and i certainly agree with that but did you get any kind of criticism from the folks that you deal with because you were going ...

Hypotheticals but sometimes he is. the question now, seriously, was she joking when she said the president doesn't lie? perspective from "the washington post" nick who shares a by line on this pardon story. so nick, based on your reporting, what did the president actually say about pardoning officials? >> so the president said to aids who were worried about both the pace of the contracting process, the procurement process, the environmental concerns as well as the imminent domain issues involved with taking large amounts of private land along the border when they express those worries, the pre...

Perspective from "the washington post" nick who shares a by line on this pardon story. so nick, based on your reporting, what did the president actually say about pardoning officials? >> so the president said to aids who were worried about both the pace of the contracting process, the procurement process, the environmental concerns as well as the imminent domain issues involved with taking large amounts of private land along the border when they express those worries, the president said don't worry, i'll pardon you and this was, you know, and we were told this by people who were in those meeti...