mr. torres. last friday, mr. torres lawyer informed us that mr. torres had reserve duty, had key staff out of the country, and i do not know in that light moment what that resulted in, and the words by the lawyer was "nervous about appearing." in front of this commission. mr. torres ought to be nervous. this commission was one asked him under oath by his firm agreed in january to assume private security responsibilities at fort operating base shield with several hundred guards that that -- that had not been properly vetted and approved. a diligent u.s. army contract in officer representative, "weaver 42 as the c. or, correctly prohibited these torres guards from assuming their duties. the incumbent contractor who have lost the contract up from a poor performance viewpoint was very well rated, was quickly rehired. there would not be a loss of transition -- for $1.5 million to remain on the post for 16 additional days, and hundreds of torres employees were placed in stand down status. there were not approved, it even though they won the post. this co

mr. torres. last friday, his lawyer informed us that mr. torres had reserve duty and had key staff out of the country, and he said that he was nervous about a to hearing. mr. torres ought to be nervous. this commission was one asked him under oath why his firm agreed in january to pursue private security responsibilities and forward operating base shield with several red bark -- several bart that had not been properly vented and approved. a diligent cor prevented them from sending their duties. the contractor who has lost the contract, but was very well rated, was quickly hired so there would not be a loss of transition for $1.5 million to stay on the post for an additional 16 days. and in an additional number of tories employees perform duties even though they were approved. we're also going ask mr. torres y he personally flew to harass to shield and strongly suggested to the cor that he be allowed to pose the unapproved cards anyway. he said that he would catch up the approval process. i persona