afghan government, let me begin by saying a lot of them were similar my overstated. the president's team was responsible for setting the tension is one of a many stubborn fact the president and the team are trying to air brush this week and many analysts wonder if the attempted correction could amount to diplomatic overcorrection. >> bret: thanks. head of the defense department says he wants to trim $15 billion worth of red tape from the pentagon management. white house correspondent mike emanuel is at the pentagon with some of the specifics and the push-back. >> several times defense secretary gates tried to deliver a message to the military establishment, it's time to trim the bureaucracy and buy the cheaper weapons. >> given america difficult economic circumstances and powerless fiscal condition, military spending on things large and small can and should expect closer, harsher scrutiny.