As I mentioned in my remarks, I was formally appointed to the position in September, but I had started the previous December on an acting basis. Having had some sense of some of the issues from my previous capacity, and also certainly from having carefully read this committee's 2004 report, for example, and others, I put in place what I called the A-base review to take a broad, comprehensive look at our funding, how we were utilizing it, our internal business practices, and our internal procedures and processes.
The report was finished in September. I didn't ask for a 100% report. I said give me an 80% report; I didn't want to take two years doing it. It was what we needed as an organization.
I also wanted it done internally by coast guard people for the coast guard, because one of the issues is always the perceived lack of credibility, when outsiders who don't understand your operation take a look at you.
I'm certainly not suggesting that's the case; I'm not suggesting that at all.