tom barrack and ip 3 and others. apparently in december 2017, rick perry actually gave preliminary approval on behalf of the department of energy for transferring this technology. now, there is something called the section 123 act, section 123 of the atomic energy act which requires congressional approval for such transfer, namely, to make sure that there are safeguard such that such technology cannot be used to make a nuclear weapon. this is called the quote/unquote gold standard which tom barrack and ip3 and other trump associates want to water down or completely kill in order to basically make sure that the saudis end up purchasing their technology. >> do you -- the president -- the most consistent through line in the president's foreign