no other person with whom i was in contact with during mytenure at the white house told me that he orhe ever discussed the issue of the residuals or profits with the president. in late november, two other things occurred which relate to this issue. on or about friday, november 21st, i asked admiral poindexter directly, does the president know? he told me he did not. and on november 25th, the day i was reassigned back to the united states marine corps for service, the president of the united states called me. in the course of that call, the president said to me words to theeffect that, i just didn't know. those are the facts, as i know mr. nields. i was gladthat when you introduced this, you said that you wanted to hear thetruth. i came here to tell you the truth, the good, the bad, andthe ugly. i am here to tell it all, pleasant and unpleasant, and iam here to accept responsibility for that which i did. i will not accept responsibility for that which i did not do. chairman inouye: before proceeding, may i make an inquiry of the witness? was that response from a written text? lt. col.