and in that transcript, we get this really interesting window into her bewilderment as a seen yeen senior defense department official responsible for that part of the world. we get a sense of sort of her bewilderment and shock about this crucial u.s. aid to ukraine being held up. it was, for example, laura cooper's office at the pentagon that put together the announcement that ukraine was about to get their long-planned delivery of u.s. military aid. this is from her transcript today. cooper says, "by mid-june, we had announced and were moving out on it." question -- okay, you say by mid-june, we announced it, are you referring to the may 18th public release by the defense department? answer, that's exactly what i'm referring to, thank you. question -- were you involved in the issuance of that public release? answer -- yes, i coordinated on the content. quote, i believe my staff helped draft it in consultation with our public affairs staff. and they provided me with a draft for review, and i reviewed