Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
Good afternoon. This is our ninth meeting of the Special Committee on the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan on Wednesday, May 12, 2010.
I remind everyone again today that we are televised, so if you wouldn't mind, please shut off your cellphones.
We are continuing to study the transfer of Afghan detainees. Our witness today is the Honourable Bill Graham, former Minister of National Defence from 2004 to 2006 and former Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2002 to 2004. Mr. Graham has had a long, distinguished parliamentary career here.
We welcome you back to this place and specifically to this committee room. We look forward to what you have to say to us. You have appeared before many committees before. Not much has changed as far as how committees have been run over the years. We look forward to your comments. Then we will go into the second round of testimony.
Thank you for appearing. We await your comments.