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I understand, but he controls the time.
He controls the time.
You get to control your answer.
Thank you for that question.
So approximately at this day, we're spending about $25 billion on Operation Epic Fury.
Most of that is in munitions.
There's part of that is obviously O&M and equipment replacement.
We will formulate a supplemental through the White House that will come to Congress once we have a full assessment of the cost of the conflict.
Play this clip of military options that are carefully considered with the associated risks with those options and the considerations therein.
So, Mr. Secretary, did you consider this risk?
I'm sorry, why is this relevant?
Do you have Signal on your phone?
What does this have to do with the budget?
I do, sir, yes.
I'm the comptroller.
I don't do CIO work.
Mr. White said my statement is I run the budget for DOD.
Yeah.
Okay, well, he's got it on his phone, so therefore it must be permitted.
Toronto, I got to go back and look if it's on my official phone.