General Beare, thank you for coming. I'm not a regular on this committee, but I have an interest in that part of the world because I've had a family member in that part of the world for a good many years.
When they make the attempt to bring these insurgents into the line of fire so they get rid of these guys, we're talking about a border issue, where these people have cell groups in Pakistan. Is there anything we can do, or is there cooperation between the Afghani and Pakistani governments in terms of working and having these people exposed, making the job for you people a lot easier? You're trying to dig these guys out of holes, and you really don't know who the enemy is. This is a theatre of combat; this is not peacekeeping. We may as well call it the way it is.
We might say there is, but I'm just wondering, is there truly cooperation between the Pakistani and the Afghani government leadership in trying to drive the Taliban out of these areas?