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87 Okay. Are these typically Senate-confirmed seats?

Which ones? Sorry.

The seats that—your seat or Mr. Cohen's seat, actually.

The chief of staff at DOD is not a PAS, Presidentially appointed/Senate-confirmed seat. Mr. Cohen's seat at—

Mr. Glabe. Which—sorry, which role do you mean? Because he occupied several roles.

The Witness. I think—


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Mr. Cohen's role—

Yeah.

—position as of November 10th.

I believe, as of November 10th, he was serving in a DASD capacity. The Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense do not require Senate confirmation.

And Mr. Tata's role, if you know, is that—

Similarly, I think, at that timeline, that's the same answer. I believe he was also a DASD for something.

What's—I'm sorry—

Sorry. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense—

Got it.

—and then over to the—whichever section you're in in the Pentagon.

Okay. I want to shift gears and talk about the November—mid-November memo to withdraw from Somalia and Afghanistan. That—

Mr. Glabe. Do you have a—sorry, do you have a document that you can show us on this?