That's an interesting question, actually. As was reported earlier that month, I had earlier that month travelled to Paris, at the request of the Prime Minister, with a group of government and military officials following up on the Manley panel's report on the mission in Afghanistan.
I was in Washington on February 25 as part of the continuing follow-up. A group of us had a series of briefings with folks from a number of U.S. government departments about the Manley panel and the future of the Canadian mission in Afghanistan. I was the only political staff member on that delegation.