And then secondly, is the President considering invoking the Defense Production act to boost munition stockpiles while we are in this conflict? Ms. It's not something I've heard the President consider, but as you know, The President has been in pretty direct correspondence and public correspondence with defense contractors asking them to aggressively speed up their manufacturing of American made weapons. which again, are the best in the world. With respect to Ecuador, I would point you back to the statement released by the US Southern Command. (1:00:31–1:00:44)
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