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16 Mr. Glabe. Sure. Thanks for bringing the letter to our attention. I think, as we've endeavored to communicate, our position is that, if there are questions or topics that implicate core executive privilege concerns, we'd rather address those in a concrete manner rather than in the abstract. But, that being said, I just want to reiterate that our client is here of his own volition, and our hope and his hope is that he's able to answer as many of your questions as possible today.

The Witness. Can I just say good morning to the Representatives? It's nice to see you all again, and thank you for joining.

Scott, I think the question was, were efforts made to communicate with Mr. Patel's attorneys, and were those efforts met or not met? I didn't get your answer.

Mr. Glabe. Maybe we could touch base on that offline.

Okay. All right. We'll follow up on his efforts to kind of resolve this with the current and former President.


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So I appreciate you going through your career background, Mr. Patel, so I won't go through it as I had planned to. Do you have one kind of highlight that you think, in terms of your 16-year background, that you're most proud of that you—

I wasn't expecting that. I guess, one that stands out is the night we killed al-Baghdadi when I was senior director for counterterrorism at the National Security Council. It's probably one of the most memorable moments for me in government.

I know you started in at DOD coming straight from the NSC, is that right, I think in your—

Yes. Yeah, I think you have that right.