Mark Esper

Experience a lot of different things before you pick the path that you're really going to become an expert in.

There's a great book I recommend to people called Range.

It was written a few years ago about that topic.

So go broad.

And then third, I'd say...

Build a good network.

Be be be unafraid to meet new and different people and talk and network and get to help them and help others out in D.C.

Washington, D.C.

You don't see much of that, but I have some good friends and I want to believe I'm the same way.

But try and help people out and it'll come back to you in time.

May not may not be, you know, tomorrow or the next month, but help people out.

There's there's it only help you or help, you know, help others, certainly in the long run.

So I have a website, www.marktesper.com.

And as I mentioned earlier, I wrote a book, a New York Times bestseller called A Sacred Oath.

And you can get to know more about me there.

so i'll take it and chime in mr chairman if you'd like at all um i i want to emphasize what the chairman said about that the only thing prohibiting transit in the straits right now is iran shooting at shipping it is open for transit should iran not do that now there's a reason why we chose as one of our primary objectives destroy the navy we understood the ability to interdict shipping is something iran has done for

40 years it's key terrain they've used it as leverage the world is seeing what they'll do uh to fight back in that context and so um we've heard them talk about taking various measures uh and we're planning for all of them so we have a plan for every option here we're working with our interagency partners and uh that's that's not a straight we're going to allow to remain contested or with a lack of flow of of of commercial goods so we're we're aware of that

We're laser focused on our military objectives, but also want to make sure our partners across this government understand we're working with you to make sure that energy flows.

And that's that's an important part.

And the second question was on the nuclear capability.