security assistance and the vice president according to your telling says i'll talk to the president about that tonight. i'll make a call. do you know whether the vice president made that call? >> i don't know, sir. >> do you know what, if anything, the vice president had to do with, any of this? what more can you tell us about the vice president's role in this? do you r know if he ever raised this issue with anyone in the administration? whether he ever pushed for the release of that security assistance? >> i can't sir. >> i believe i -- to the best of my- understanding, the vice president was an advocate for the release of the assistance. >> thankof you. yield back, mr. chairman. >> mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i have a unanimous consent request. i ask unanimous consent to commit for the record the politico article -- >> that will be a entered in th record. >> thank you. >> representative demings. >> thank you so much, mr. chairman, and thank you to both of you for being with us today.