mr. countryman? >> the russian deliveries have become more significant, probably more significant than what iran provides in terms of military assistance. i noted senator corker's statement concern about the russians having their hand on the steering wheel in syria. there is something to that, but what is not noticed is that that costs the russians in credibility with the rest of the arab world and with the entire region when they give their unswerving support to the syrian regime. >> thank you. mr. chairman, i'm over my time but may i ask one more question. >> for miss lindborg. you talked about the vaccination challenges as we look at a potential polio outbreak in syria. is there more we should be doing to try to address that before it extends across the middle east in a way that would have significant implications for health and safety to people throughout the region? >> there is an actual outbreak with the ten confirmed cases. the concern, of course, is as you probably have seen in the papers, ea

mr. countryman, you are -- were asked about specific sites.ou may have addressed this when i was out of the room. i want to come back to it a little bit. the opcw has looked at 21 of 23 and might get to the other two. i'm assuming that we have intel about additional sites that were not on the inventory and this is information we share with the opcw. that we are trying to get them as much information as we can to expand the sites that are reviewed. talk to me a little bit about what we share to them -- with them and how we follow-up with the information we give them about the insufficiency of the inventory. >> i think we share information appropriately with the opcw. it is a cooperative process. let me start here, which is to say that we have received only on monday of this week the comprehensive declaration by syria of its holdings. it is over 700 pages. it is quite detailed. we are assessing him now and there will be a time at which we will have an assessment of the gaps in that document, good conference is

mr. countryman, you were asked a question by the chair about this discrepancy in the sites.u might have addressed it when i was out of the room. the opc, we have intelligence suggests a number of sites. opcw looked at 21-23. i'm assuming that the intel we have about additional sites that weren't on the inventory is material we share with the opcw. we are trying to get them as much information as we can so they can expand the list of sites to be reviewed. this is the first time i dealt with an issue about opcw and inspections. talk about what we share with them and how they follow up with this information we give them about insufficiency of inventory. >> we share information appropriately with the opcw. it is a cooperative process. let me start here, which is to say we have received only on monday of this week the comprehensive declaration by syria of its holdings. it's over 700 pages and quite detailed. we are assessing it now. there will be a point at which we'll have some of the assessment of the gaps in that document, differences between what's declared and what we believ