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29 While I was at DOD, was it discussed—

In preparations for January 6th.

Well, so, yeah, I was not at DOD during the—I think you're referring to the Lafayette Square stuff, if I'm correct.

Correct.

I was at the White House at that time. At DOD, in preparation for the Jan. 6th stuff, I believe, from the best of my recollection, some of those incidents naturally came up because the Department was heavily involved and in the media at the time of the summer incident.

So I think Chairman Milley was, you know, front and center there, and I think he had expressed not a comparison but a how do we use that past incident to prepare better and apply it as a lessons learned for the Department. So I think there was some conversations from my—from what I can recall from the Chairman and possibly the Acting Secretary.

Were you aware that—some of the criticism that DOD received as part of their response to the summer?

I recall reading the media, and, as I said, I was at the White House. So I'm not sure if I was there on the day of, but, yes, I remember.

Did—do you remember any more details as far as those discussions from Chairman Milley or Acting Secretary Miller?

Yeah, I think same thing. If you have something I could look at—

Sure.

—that that could jog my memory, sure, I'm happy to; but, independently, not off the top of my head.

Well, are you familiar with the report the Army did concerning—