Justices have set on the court. So i have sat on the court. So i have been there awhile. Brian what brought you there . Tony i went to law school for a brilliant four week career and then i went into journalism and i was transferred to washington and my editor said if i could handle the new jersey Supreme Court, i could handle the u. S. Supreme court. I have covered it ever since and it is the best beat in town. Brian why . Tony because there is such for friday that we have to cover. We have a Death Penalty case one day, samesex marriage, you know, some of the biggest issues facing the country. It is never boring. The other thing is, unlike the white house beat and the congressional beat, we are not really dealing with politicians in the same sense that they are politicians. The justices are not elected. They actually have very little interest, generally, in talking with the press. But they are trying to solve these problems and these disputes and it is just an interesting, fascinating
For you you have to start your work earlier. So when you come up to a milestone and cost estimates done and the programs Acquisition Strategy is laid out theres very little you can do. But i think the congress and this committee by getting invested in programs earlier say three years before that milestone create the expectation that you want that to come in at a high confidence level, you want the risks identified. And youre willing to either one pay for the risk of reduction like the admiral talked about or youre willing to offload some of the requirements to bring the system down. But the work would have to start earlier to position it for success. Thank you very much. Thank you very much for your extraordinarily interesting insightful testimony and for your service to the nation. On behalf of chairman cane i will adjourp the hearing. Thank you. Xt, q a with tony more auero. Today the Brookings Institution host foreign pollsy experts on russias strategy and where it could lead in the