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I just want to go back to some other appointments that were made that day as your appointment to DOD along with Tony Tata. Are you familiar with Mr. Tata?

General Tata, yes.

General Tata, sorry. Did you work with him prior?

Yeah. General Tata had been in and out—well, in DOD for, I'm guessing, 20-plus years, so we had crossed paths for sure.

And Ezra Cohen had worked with DOD prior, correct, but was—

Prior to, sorry—

November 10th, to your position?

[Discussion off the record.]

The Witness. Right. So Mr. Cohen was already at DOD as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense when I arrived.


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Did you work with Mr. Cohen prior to—

Before?

Correct.

I think we had—when he came—when he was at the Pentagon, his specific DASD role was in a lot of counterterrorism matters, and I think, if I have my timeline right, I think Acting Secretary of Defense Miller was in his—in the role above him. I'm not exactly sure. So we all sort of worked together on CT things, if I have my timeline right.

Did you have professional interactions or relationship with Mr. Cohen before you both started—

Yes.

—at DOD together?