Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you, General, for being here today.
I'm going to change the topic a little bit. I hope you've been following the media lately, and some of the comments that have been made. Former Prime Minister Paul Martin criticized the mission recently and said that Canada has lost its way in Afghanistan. I want you to comment. Do you think the focus of the mission has changed since the initial deployment? What do you think the impact would be if we were to withdraw our troops to a different region, back to Kabul, and limit the NATO commander's ability to deploy Canadian forces? Is that a place we should be going right now, and what do you think about those comments?