anesthesia and then we learn a week later on january 1st the discomfort he was feeling, the source of that discomfort was a urinary tract infection. as we have learned that part, in terms of his return to duty, major general pat ryder did not say he was on medication but his decision to return and resume duties even as he was in the hospital was done with full consultation with his doctors and with the medical staff. there is also a question as to why this was called an elective medical procedure. i will speculate, the doctor will have a better sense on why it was called elective medical procedure or some aspect was elective because the pentagon did not have an answer. then there were the questions that were pointed out on notification. this is where the process broke down and failed. essentially ryder kept kicking to this 30 day review. my colleague asked, the review starts, looking at the timeline on january 1st, why does the