good to have you here. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. mr. ellsworth is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, i apologize for being late. i had some hoosiers in the office who didn't want to let me go. if this question has been discussed just let me know and i'll move on to something else. could you talk, admiral, a little bit about some of the interoperability between the agencies. if things are being done in the most efficient manner between the interagency cooperation, some of the challenges you might have faced, what's the best practice and, you know, what are our successes and what challenges are you facing in the meld there? >> yes, sir, we did address that at some level and what i said very quickly is it's better than it will ever been. it will get better. and we are now at the point where the structures that have evolved to provide the venues for these kinds of interactions to occur. now it's a matter of the people getting the knowledge of...