You were the Chief of Staff at the Department of Defense? Yes, sir. So. So to be clear, you were not rioting at the Capitol? No, sir. Okay. Where were you physically on January 6th? In the office of the Secretary of Defense in the Pentagon. And what were you doing on that day? On that day, specifically responding to preparing to mobilize and deploy the National Guard once we got the lawful request from the local governing authority, which was the mayor of D.C. and the speaker of the House. (03:01–03:05)
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