him. a congressman denigrating our own armed forces. and there's more. gaetz asking defense secretary, lloyd austin, what he thinks of critical-race theory. and claiming that some service members, some, have complained to him about how the military is fighting extremism in its ranks. here it is. >> they say that your standdown regarding extremism did not help our military. it hurt the military. and i -- i want to share, with you, that perspective. that it caused service members to otherize one another. it impaired group cohesion. and interesting to me is that i have heard those sentiments, most frequently from units that are majority-minority. how should the department of defense think about critical-race theory? >> i don't know what the -- what the issue of critical-race theory is, and what the relevance here in with the department. we do not teach critical-race theory. we don't -- we don't embrace critical-race theory. and i think -- i think that's a spurious conversation. and so,...