calendar and executed his vision with little regard for american lives or the real threats that we face. i do appreciate your open, your honest, and expert participation in communicating to this committee what went wrong. i think our american citizens are at a real crossroads right now where they are questioning the leadership from this president and this biden's blunt be erase bud the united states must account for them through a revamped counterterrorism strategy that recognizes the newfound momentum of terrorists and new threats emanating from the middle east in addition to rising challenges that we see coming from china and russia. pretty high stakes. secretary austin, i'd like to start with you. did president biden or any of his national security advisers