Mr. Chairman, this is through you probably to the admiral.
The Canadian Press recently obtained previously censored reports via freedom of information described in the media as in contrast to the measured, sanitized quarterly reports put out by the government. The news story released on March 18 based on these reports indicated that the Taliban came very close to retaking Kandahar in the spring of 2009, so much so that in terms of Afghan governance, Kandahar was pushed to the brink, and in fact some members of the provincial council temporarily abandoned the region.
This is in very clear contrast to what we have heard in the past. Obviously even some of our commanders on the ground were quite concerned at the time about the military situation.
Can you comment on that?