to track and account for what is it that i said before no one wants to see conferences stopped if there is by you or travel there is value going to las vegas am looking at the programs out there if it is legitimate. we don t want to give ourselves in a position where people are looked at with a jaundiced eye because of doing this. if we cannot account for its you can t justify the jon desai. but i certainly hope the person said we don t have accountability because we have a limited spending has been educated of the rise and is doing business differently. the truth is everyone of us behind this podium in that year seeds are responsible for taxpayer dollars. i think it is fair to say for the first seven years of the dhs existence that responsibility among some was taken lightly. not very seriously. we will change that. this subcommittee did you and i will change that. the taxpayers need to know that especially in times like this the monday s they are spending to keep the govern
which is how do we institutionalize the rapid wartime acquisition capability? there s been really for many years two acquisition systems at the pentagon. there s the long-term one we all know with large programs that start with requirements. and that s the bulk been the bulk of the spending. the second is one that wasn t all that big until after 9/11. and we started fighting these wars. and now it s become much larger. and that s a short-term acquisition system driven by the needs and the field of a combatant commander. and it s sprung up in the pentagon, committees, approaches, and lots of rbrbl@ b approach to industrial policy across the board. a few comments on the framework for this. fundamentally demand drives supply. that is to say, you know, you re not going to buy things largely because of industrial needs. you re going to buy things because we have national security needs for those things. but that said, supply has to inform demand. and the capabilities the industr
arms sales to taiwan and will not exceed the qualitative terms of the level of recent years that meaning of the carter years but you look at what is happening above the 6.4 billion u.s. dollars self weaponry to a part of china and who the u.s. side calls a partner. so this is obviously a violation of the code of conduct and the nation s and this is a violation of the communique issued between china and the united states. i think the chinese people and government have every reason to feel indifferent about this thing and we approached the side, made a representation very seriously on many occasions did the united states still went ahead. of course the chinese government and people will have to react. it is a sovereign right to do what is necessary so i think what this the question, the central question here is whether a country is feeling stronger or not or country s big or small strong or weak should equals. .. and will abide by august the 17th communicate and will start arms
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tom: you re watching nightly business report for monday, february 1. this is nightly business report with susie gharib and tom hudson. nightly business report is made possible by: this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. susie: good evening everyone. help is on the way. that s the urgent message from toyota today to millions of car owners dealing with defects in gas pedals. tom: susie, the recall has been a big crisis for toyota. now the giant automaker is shipping new parts to dealers and says it will work 24/7 to make repairs. susie: there are about 2.5 million vehicles affected. the remedy involves putting a metal bar in the accelerator to keep the pedal from sticking. is this really going to fix the problem? that s the first question i asked toyota s president for u.s. sales. we are very, very confident that we have all the issues taken care of. susie: jim, are you sure there isn t some other g