say, yes, we give advice and confirmation here. it's almost like you're hiring a temporary for the job and that person in that job doesn't really have the same respect given him or her by others because they appear to be just temporary. so that is really one of the important things to consider in the branch department. the military is very -- has a very heavy bench, as you say. they have terrific people coming up so you can be confident you have a chairman of the joint chiefs and things go on. when it comes to the secretary of defense, if you're only acting you're not occupying the same level table as the other sitting there, for example, secretary of state, for example, secretary of treasury and others who become involved or attorney general, et cetera. so you don't have the same authority and you don't conconvey to your friend and adversaries that you're there on a permanent basis.