>> that is correct. >> when you shared that feedback with ambassador taylor, was he satisfied the issue was behind him? >> i never knew whether he reached out to the secretary or not. >> at one point in your text you said, let's get on the phone. you said you're an individual that doesn't like to walk through these issues on text when you can talk about it on the telephone, correct? >> i say that to everybody when something becomes more substantive than just a few lines of text, i say let's talk. >> did you talk with ambassador taylor? >> i can't recall. i basically wanted to get the notion across that i've gone as far as i can go with this. you're the ambassador. you need to pick up the ball and run with it at this point. >> just getting back to the irregular channel, did anyone else express any concerns to you about this so-called irregular