about the reason for the pause. is that true? i think thatis he had a conversation with an individual named rob blair and mr. blair provided some insight into the reason for the pause? sandy f was one of the few witnesses that we had that was ablese to give us firsthand account inside of omb the reason for the pause related to the president s concern about european burden sharing. in the region. and he and, in fact, in his, conversations, the president s conversations with senator johnson, he mentions his concern about burden sharing and i believe he a referenced a conversation that he had with theit chancellor of germany and in fact, the whole first part of the july 24th transcript he s