that you remember about whatever this improper action was we would really appreciate anything at all you can remember, any conversation, any information about that subject.
A I think I've answered to the best of my recollection what I recall about this.
Q You were in and out—just to make sure I'm understanding, you were in and out of a conversation, don't remember anything anybody said, don't remember any of the subject matter, other than it was about some improper withdrawal of troops from those two countries?
Mr. Glabe. Just to note, "improper" is your characterization; it's not his characterization.
. Well, you tell me. What's the characterization?
. No, I think he used the word "improper."
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Q I think you used the word "improper."
A What I—and I'll rely on my previous testimony that my normal pattern of conduct when I went to the White House with the Secretary was I was running around doing a lot of things. I'm saying, as a pattern of habit, in this meeting, it would have been the same. I was rarely just sitting in one location with Cabinet officers. And, in this instance, this conversation came up, as I've testified. That's my knowledge of it. I don't have any other recollection of it.
Q And you just kept running in and out and didn't have any other involvement in that whatsoever?
A Well, the conversation ended. And, as I told you, no action was taken and we moved on to other important matters that we at the Department of Defense had to address, including but not limited to Operation Warp Speed, Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia, Iraq, the border, everything else you can think of, intelligence, NSA matters, the
