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123 said, "I would be interested. Let me know."

But it appears that some of these conversations occurred after President Trump had lost the election. Did that impact you in any way in terms of your timeline?

In terms of my timeline? What do you mean?

Well, if the job was ending on January 20th.

No. As I said—I think I said it before. If I didn't, I'll say it now. I was happy to serve in whatever capacity the White House wanted me to serve in until they said, "Your time is done here." That's the mission.

Was there ever a discussion that that Deputy Director position would then turn into the Director of the CIA, had President Trump fired Gina Haspel?

I'm not—so somebody's going to have to go do the legal gymnastics on that. I don't even think that's possible. But I'm not sure, because I don't know that—I believe the Director of the CIA, it's a PAS, a President-appointed, Senate-confirmed position. So I haven't looked at the—

Well, there were many non-Senate-confirmed positions that were appointed during that time, right?

Yeah. I mean—you're right. You're asking me to speculate. I'm not really sure what would've happened if Ms. Haspel was terminated and I was given the Deputy Director role.

No. My question was, was there a discussion that it could lead to a Director position with President Trump? Did you have that discussion?

Mr. Glabe. I'm sorry. What was the question?


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Did you have a discussion with President Trump that if you were appointed to—go ahead.