A lot of NCTC directors who I've talked to, including from the first Trump administration, were in the room. Why wasn't he? No, no, no. There's no. When it's a Cabinet meeting, members of the Cabinet there. The rector of the NCTC is never a member of the Cabinet. You're talking about Cabinet meetings only, not deputies meetings, not other meetings. Principals, NSC principles. Absolutely. And let me be very clear here. (04:05–04:09)
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