I want to get back to Mr. Shugart about how we got to this point. The Auditor General said the department's capacity to deliver its security projects was limited. Many positions that dealt with capital projects at missions abroad were vacant, and the department had not conducted lessons learned or studies on past failures. Failures of project oversight and project management were identified as problems in the security shortcomings. Again you were here to account for the department and for the funds allocated for that. How do you explain these kinds of failures?
On February 26th, 2019. See this statement in context.