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128 identifying people across the executive branch that were or were not acting in a way that was consistent with the policies of the administration?

I can't guess to that. I can tell you what the role of PPO is.

No, I don't need the role of PPO. Very familiar with that. And I don't want you to guess.

I'm asking whether you had conversations with anyone, had any knowledge about Mr. McEntee essentially evaluating the loyalty of people across the executive branch, loyalty to the President and the administration.

Mr. Glabe. Can we take a break?

[Discussion off the record.]

The Witness. So I've heard—or, excuse me, I've read media reportings that speak to that.


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Beyond the media reporting, do you have any other information, heard from any source, about Mr. McEntee, again, as sort of evaluating the loyalty of various executive branch officials?

Not beyond the media reporting that I can recall.

No conversations with anyone that you recall? Just the media reporting? That's it?

Well, that's pretty much it, because the role of political appointees wasn't in my wheelhouse—

Okay.

—as chief of staff of Department of Defense. That was in PPO.

I understand, Mr. Patel. We keep coming back to this. We're just trying to get a sense as to whether or not you had general knowledge about stuff that, again,