We'll call the meeting to order.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a two-part meeting. The first part is the regular briefings on Afghanistan and Canada's involvement there. Today we have General Atkinson with us. He's the director of general operations with the Strategic Joint Staff. Then after his presentation and one round of questions we'll deal with committee business. I want to talk about our upcoming hearings and witness lists and some issues like that.
General, the floor is yours. You've been here before. You know the process. We'll let you take what time you need to bring us up-to-date, and then we'll open it up for a round of questions, one time allotment for each party. Go ahead.