Q：OK.
SEC. MATTIS：Yes. Yes. It＇s an interesting question， especially the way you cast it， there. Let me think about it. I was raised by the Vietnam veterans in the Marine Corps－－ in the Marine Corps. And so it＇s an interesting question. I＇ll have to get back to you， though.
Q：OK.
Q：...tack onto that， sir， while you＇re thinking about it. Did you join the military thinking that you might be sent to Vietnam？ Was that...
SEC. MATTIS：Well， it was 1969 and， so...
Q：...（inaudible） more about －－ about what it＇s like for you to go to this country， you know， how you entered the military and the people that were your mentors as you came （inaudible）....
SEC. MATTIS：I －－ I －－ I probably should mention －－ I＇ll －－ I＇ll do this when I－－ when we come our of Jakarta on our way to Hanoi， but I －－ I＇ve already hosted my counterpart in Washington D.C. And it was a very candid －－ you know， we＇re dealing with the current and the future. Frankly， it never came up and it was a meeting between professionals looking toward the future with no inhibitions from the past. But －－ so this isn＇t my first time with my counterpart， nor －－ nor with the Indonesian counterpart， by the way.
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