Certainly I'm prepared to answer.
I can advise that the department will not be issuing a press release. A letter has been forwarded to this committee by Mr. Richard B. Fadden that sets out the circumstance and the context in which the answer was given, and the reasons for it. It's quite specific and clear. Certainly it could be read into the record. It's something I am prepared to do, and it clarifies the whole situation.
I don't think it's really up to this committee to instruct someone else to issue a press release. If the committee wishes to do so, that's certainly up to it, but as far as this is concerned, in my view the letter should be read into the record, and I'm prepared to do that.