air force vice chief of staff general james slife doge is creating a whole lot of chaos, as you know, but just in terms of why you think the joint chiefs of staff, hugh brown, was let go. what is your reaction to those who would say, hold on, there were others who were let go. are you leaping to conclusions? what is your reaction? >> well, i'm not leaping to anything. i'm going by that book that hegseth wrote. what did he write in that book? now, you know that these words that they're throwing around like woke, that's an acronym that they've come up with. and you know what it means when they say die. we know what it means. as i heard somebody say earlier today, they have substituted these. acronyms for the n word. so why would you apply the term woke to general brown? what does that mean? >> congressman, i wonder when you are seeing and hearing this and given the views that you have expressed. what is this doing to the many men and women who serve on behalf of this nation, who might also share your views, that from the commander in chief down, this is what their thoughts are. what is that doing to the morale? and what is that saying to our allies and