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Right. So they could be separated out if an Executive decision were made on these other areas you're talking about.

If I have to face questions about whether this is a critical firefight in the defense of American sovereignty, or a self-inflicted wound in a rapidly emerging global theater where our competitors are taking advantage of our absence, that empty seat at the table, then I would rather take my naval strategic advice from the Chief of Naval Operations.

Just to be clear in our understanding, that conceivably could be done and still separate out the bad actors that you were discussing in your testimony?

We had a unanimous vote by the Senate that had two very important pieces in it, I think, in terms of the expression of the Senate.