They asked where I wanted to start. I opened up my crazy-looking Post-it commercial of a binder and began with the first question, which was about the helicopter replacement program. After they gave me answers, I had more questions. I think the meeting lasted two hours. But about 30 minutes in, I got into the groove. The questions kept coming, and so did the answers. Before I knew it, I was understanding it all. There is no bigger compliment than being intellectually curious about what someone else spends his or her days doing—it turned out that not having the answers did me no harm. The
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