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37 Yeah.

—went to all the meetings with you all?

No, no. That's—I don't think that's accurate.

Okay.

So what we did was the Vanity Fair reporter, through our public affairs shop, asked to be embedded for when we went out West to surveil some of our DOD strategic capabilities that were unclassified, and the Department made the decision to allow him to do so. So I don't believe he was in any meetings with us, unless I have it wrong.

I think there was a report of the meetings back, but I can read this for you—

Sure.

—and we'll get it printed for you. According to the Vanity Fair article, the January 5th meeting with President Trump on an Iran issue is what Secretary Miller told the reporter.

Okay.

"But then the conversation switched gears. The President, Miller recalled, asked how many troops the Pentagon planned to turn out the following day."

Oh, okay. And the date of that, the meeting?

January 5th. It was you, Secretary Miller, and President Trump—

Thank you. So just—

—and I believe Mark Meadows.

Sorry. Yeah, I didn't mean to cut you off.

Does that jog your memory?

I believe so, but if I could have the article, and when it's brought in—

Sure.

—I'm happy to address that. I just want my attorneys to have a second