Patrick M. Shanahan

An attempt to to clarify, but also foot stomp the previous memo that came out in August, which was about pricing transparency, the tone of which and the content of which got Steve Feinberg a strong rebuke from the defense industry and also some Republicans on Capitol Hill who did not like it one bit because.

Because it reminded everybody of the progress payment kerfuffle several years ago with then Deputy Secretary Pat Shanahan and Ellen Lord, who was A&S at the time.

And you had all of the chairs of the committees come out with a public letter saying, hey, what the hell is going on? Well, they didn't do that this time because I think he's got a lot of Feinberg, a lot of support, bipartisan support even in many cases on the Hill.

And people don't want to jeopardize a lot of the stuff he's working on because they do support a lot of the reforms he's seeking because he's seen as such a change agent.