We have quorum. We're missing some members, but it is a quarter to nine, so we had better get rocking and rolling.
We are at meeting number three of the Standing Committee on National Defence. This morning we're going to have a briefing on the situation in Afghanistan. Joining us from the Department of National Defence we have Brigadier-General Craig King; Jill Sinclair, assistant deputy minister, policy; and, no stranger to the committee, Captain Geneviève Bernatchez, deputy judge advocate general for operations.
I welcome all of you.
General, I'll open it up to you for opening comments.