dr. zakheim. >> thank you very much, and good to see you again, mr. ambassador. you've been doing a terrific job since we worked together quite a few years ago. >> thank you, sir. >> you're showing the scars, and you're still in there which is great. good for the country. i want to ask you about a couple of state department responses to some of our recommendations, specifically 26a and 26b. these involve foreign prime contractors and subcontractors, and we recommended that these folks consent to u.s. jurisdiction as a condition of award of a contract or a subcontract. 26b is less relevant to my question. your answer was -- or state's answer was this requirement will add cost-defined contracts would offsetting benefits. i don't know if you want to expand on that, or if you want me to go on with my line of questioning. >> i'd be glad to, i could be glad to go into that, or given the time i could also submit additional material for the record. it's your choice. >> let me pursue this, and then maybe you can wrap it all together. your testimony says that for the log c

dr. zakheim said, and we intend to follow up on this. i think it is tremendously important and i hope to at least at the state department there is nothing further to be reported. >> i fully agree that the question dr. zakheim posed, the requirement the united states government promotes human dignity, is one of secretary clanton's highest predicates -- clinton's highest predicate and we would never tolerate such activities and if we ever did find it we would dismiss personnel and potentially all the way up to demanding changes, more than just individual personnel who are engaged in that kind of conduct. >> sure,, just a quick one -- something like that because we are revoking a contract. >> if it was an american company and we knew that the company was permitting that and i would go to my lawyers and as that. but i would suspect it would be poor management on part of the american contractor and i would first the man the american contractor removed from any activity related to us their entire american management team. >> with regard to the