that brief you about the amount of money that hunter biden was being paid by barisma? >> no, this wasn't part of a briefing. i had sort of big, old books with questions that might come up. >> in preparation for your confirmation. and they thought that hunter biden's role at barisma might be significant enough that it would come up during your confirmation. is that correct? >> apparently so. i mean, there were hundreds of questions. >> well, hundreds of questions, but were there hundreds of companies? how many companies other than b barisma did the obama-biden state department prepare you to give answers for? if there were others, which ones? >> i just don't recall. >> you don't recall that there were any other companies, is that correct? >> i'm quite sure there probably were some companies, but i -- i mean, you know, this is a while ago. i don't recall. >> but you specifically recall