votel s statements did not violate any information position of the united states, did they? you seem to be giving a great deal of credit to the russian defense. let me ask you about general votel. i don t have i have great belief in his truthfulness. so you don t believe any of the statements he s read violate any official position of the united states, do you? if you would, best approach general votel and the department of defense. if i could introduce for the record, there s an interesting article in buzz feed news recently today. that just list as whole series of headlines. these are struckive, mr. chairman. trump s announcement that he will end u.s. korean drills catches the pentagon off guard. pentagon caught off guard by space force announcement. trump signals withdrawal of troops from syria spenting pentagon and state department. pentagon caught surprise by trump s travel ban pushes for