Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Boy, this is a frustrating bit of testimony, and somewhat unbelievable.
To be honest, Ms. Nicholson, the things you're saying are tough to believe, because you strike me as someone who is very precise and very professional in your conduct, and what you're claiming is that you accidentally mis-characterized something that seems to be characterized in a very specific way.
Isn't the term “give the green light” synonymous with approving something? You've characterized it as “okay” and “willing to go along with the process”, but if I say that someone gave me the green light, to me that means that someone approved something. Is that not the most common definition of that phrase?