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139 And were those the evening calls, if you remember?

I don't know what time of day it was. It was, in part and parcel, my best estimation, that we were trying to get the—what's it called?

Mr. Glabe. The certification?

The Witness. Yeah, the certification back on at the Capitol. And that, I think, is what we were talking to the Vice President about. I don't know what time of day it was.


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Exhibit 9, if you could turn to that one, this is a December 18th email from Monica Block, who I believe is at the White House.

Uh-huh.

"Kash, I'm sorry to ping you again, but I was hoping you could help me with something."

Yeah.

Can you explain what this request was? It appears that the White House was trying to, quote, "grow the DCNG footprint on campus."

And also on that email is Tony Ornato.

Thank you for pointing it out. I'm reading the email and—

Mr. Glabe. Was the question what was this about?

Correct.

The Witness. Well, yeah. I'm sure—


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Did you take any action as a result of this request?

What I can see from my email is, "I'm adding my team. Thanks much." So, as was not an infrequent occurrence as chief of staff, people would ask lots of things, and I would try to be professional and at least have somebody on my team