:02:04
...keep the project.
:02:07
Some of this can be done...
:02:09
-...through some simple changes...
-It's all right.
:02:11
...in our cash management.
:02:14
For example...
:02:15
...according to the OMB, we've got...
:02:17
...1 7 defense contractors
who are delinquent in their contracts.
:02:21
Is this true?
:02:22
I believe so.
:02:24
Even though...
:02:26
...they're late,
we keep paying them on time?
:02:29
Well, in a sense.
:02:36
Okay, now...
:02:38
...instead of paying them
for something they haven't finished...
:02:41
...we could hold back that cash,
put it in an interest-bearing--
:02:44
Mr. President.
:02:54
Nothing.
:02:57
Great.
:02:59
Like I was saying, if we took that cash
and stuck it in a savings account...
:03:04
...we'd be making
$23 million a month in interest.
:03:07
Well, technically, that's true, but....
:03:14
I suppose it's true.
:03:19
Okay, so that's $23 million...
:03:24
...times 12 months.
:03:28
Good.
:03:30
Fortunately, money management
gets us halfway to our goal.
:03:34
In order to get the rest of the money,
we'll have to make some tough choices.
:03:39
The Commerce Department.
:03:42
Yes, Mr. President?
:03:44
We're spending $47 million
on an ad campaign...
:03:48
''...to boost consumer confidence
in the American auto industry.''
:03:54
It's designed to bolster
individual confidence...
:03:57
...in a previous domestic
automotive purchase.