Your thoughts on these matters around the significance of the overseas engagement by DoD and support of civilian health security. I think it's very important, and I was kind of surprised. In the Biden budget, there's actually a proposed cut [to a defense agency focused on pandemic disease] by like 40%. We have a particular agency in defense that thinks about pandemic disease and helps plan for it, and its budget was cut by like 40%. (52:36–52:51)
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