mr. marone? >> not sitting here right now, no. >> when did you become aware of the trial involving pennsylvania state senator vincent fumo? >> in 2008. >> did you -- when did you first become aware of christian marone and his testifying in the trial involving vincent fumo? >> in 2009. >> dud you review or are you aware of the city of philadelphia's presencic review -- forensic review and financial investigation into three of the entities that mr. marone was involved and ebb gauged? -- engaged in? >> not specifically, no, sir. but i would like to say that i hired mr. marone because he was working for robert gates in the front office of the secretary of defense. those two individuals are demanding scrupulous people who expect the highest of -- mr. marone impressed me for his administrative organizational skills, his ability to put together his budget properties and his ability to identify inefficiencies. i hired him at dhs to do the same there. he's doing an excellent job. he is doing the job that