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1 data that might be useful to augment some of my classified
2 sources and what does that look like and how would we do it
3 so that we are not overwhelmed by everybody who wants to
4 take a picture of everything.
5 Senator Gillibrand: Thank you.
6 Is there anything -- is there anything else you would
7 like to tell the committee before we close?
8 Or do you have another round?
9 Senator Ernst: No.
10 Senator Gillibrand: Yeah. Do you have anything else
11 you would like to tell the committee before we close?
12 Mr. Kirkpatrick: Thank you very much for allowing us
13 to come and share a little bit of insight into what AARO is
14 up to and what we are doing.
15 I hope to be able to share a whole lot more in the
16 future. We have a lot of work to do. So if you do not hear
17 from me outside it is because we have got a lot of work to
18 do.
19 Senator Gillibrand: Thank you so much, Dr.
20 Kirkpatrick. Thank you for the hearing.
21 Mr. Kirkpatrick: Thank you.
22 Audience Member: Excuse me. I drove 600 miles to come
23 here. I -- and I presented a book to David Spergel, who I
24 know is associated with the gentleman here. But I do not
25 have flying saucers. We just saw the first one. They had
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