directly and, you know, say are you loyal to this country? but they cloaked their questions in various ways to try to just draw at some of those suspicions to try to question his credibility. and his loyalty. obviously, the man appeared at the hearing in uniform. and so it made it very difficult for republicans to attack him direct directly. but you saw that vindman was ready for those attacks. he had some zingers in his pocket when devin nunes, the top republican on the panel called him mr. vindman. vindman came back and said i would prefer it if you called me lieutenant colonel vindman suggesting he obviously had earned that title as a purple heart recipient and decorated iraq veteran. >> danny i want to get your take on the opening statement first and foremost.