ryder of dyncorp. we just heard from the previous panel about the fact that a contract has been awarded to blackwater, even though as the defense department says, will live under the spillover of the blackwater operation. i know that you're one of the bidders on that. blackwater? >> commissioner, i cannot answer live blackwater was selected. i can tell you that i know the proposal that we in in in my view, the proposal that when end, the technical portion of the proposal was a new technical proposal. i can tell you also that we feel and i feel today that we could not meet the timeline of getting folks on that contract in the 60 days that were required. and one more -- >> i am running short of my time but i do want to comment that i saw you and you gave excellent testimony at the december 20 hearing on the police training contract. the gao agreed with you. it looks to me that it was being set up for blackwater, again, because the have existing facilities and country. having been kicked out of iraq by th

dyncorp will be ready to perform those functions. when i talked about standing by what we have always said is the work force as we deploy experts, they will be embedded with our performance, compliance and conduct every day. i have heard the word mercenaries use several times. i take exception to that for our employees. as i look at that young lady in georgia and when she lost her husband, because he was not a mercenary, he was serving this nation and he felt that way. i wanted to make sure that the commission knew that. dyncorp always stands ready to support this commission as you move forward with this challenging and important work. >> thank you, miss rogers? >> i appreciate the opportunity. as i have stated, we have been very outspoken in the need for a common set of standards in which we can be held. i think we have demonstrated that we are very serious about this. primarily because we are supporting the u.s. government in conflict and a dangerous environment. i am not sure if i included this in my testimony, but we have found i