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88 As I flagged this in our email correspondence to you, this would be the mid-November memo that was described in "Peril" that Douglas Macgregor delivered to DOD?

Mr. Glabe. Right. And my question is, do you have a source for this purported memo other than a book by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa?

Well, other DOD officials have spoken about the memo, and I can provide it to you as—

Mr. Patel. Can I just cut in. Can I just look at the memo? Would that be—

. I don't have the memo.

The Witness. Okay. So I'll try to answer it, but I don't think it's in what you provided in—

We don't have the memo.


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We don't have the memo.

Okay.

Do you have any memory of a memo to withdraw from Somalia and Afghanistan being delivered by Colonel Macgregor to you that you provided to General Milley?

So I'll say the select committee was authorized by H. Res. 503 to investigate the events of Jan. 6th. This question falls outside the scope of your legislative purpose. I'm concerned about this improper question, inappropriate line of inquiry, and apparent fishing expedition. Nevertheless, I will do my best to answer this question. So—

Mr. Glabe. But, before you do, let me ask, I know we had discussion about scope and topics offline, and—but in this particular case, for the record, could you please help us understand what a purported memo in a book by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa