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Sure.

Yeah, I'll keep it really brief. So DOD's main mission: safeguard the homeland. We were working on numerous theaters of war, including Afghanistan, Somalia, Iraq, Syria, and other places, lots of issues within those theaters. We were working on Operation Warp Speed. DOD was charged with the logistical operation to unload and deploy the vaccine. We were dealing with the National Security Council issues, White House issues, border issues, and also a ton of stuff in space, underwater, and we were also coordinating with our combatant commanders.

But I think the most important thing that we were working on that we were charged with, which I think is relevant here, is the transition. We were charged with handing off the mission from one administration to the other, and I'm sure we'll talk about that, but those are some of the things we were collectively working on.

I appreciate that. But, for the interagency calls preparing for January 6th, I believe you said publicly that you were on those calls with the Sec Def, Acting Secretary—

I believe most of them. I don't think I was on every one, but I think it's fair to say most of them.

Before we move off this kind of threat landscape issue, was there anything that concerned you, maybe not what you were seeing from what the Bureau or DHS was providing you, but concerned you just as, you know, a citizen going into January 6th about what might occur?

I had not seen, as best that I can remember, anything provided by law enforcement partners that caused us a great concern. But what we did preemptively was, if law enforcement, as you know, in order to enact the National Guard, you need