My Father Told Me to Pretend We’d Never Met at the White House—Then General Vance Announced I Oversaw His Defense Contract Review

I did.”

His eyes narrowed.

“That isn’t what I meant.”

“Then what did you mean?”

He said nothing.

The chair told him to continue.

Proposal.

Financial summary.

Routing history.

Then March 9.

Arthur explained:

“The expedited request was simply an effort to keep the review on schedule.”

Daniel entered the original request.

Arthur’s signature.

“Yours?”

“Yes.”

“You requested expedited consideration?”

“Yes.”