Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
General, thank you very much for the work you're doing, and thanks to the men and women of the Canadian Forces who have been in Afghanistan and continue to be there. We certainly all look forward to a speedy and successful withdrawal at the end of 2014.
I have a couple of questions. I want to ask you what kind of military equipment, if any, Canada is giving to Afghanistan and what your expectations are in terms of how long that equipment is going to last and whether the Afghanis are going to be able to maintain it. That's one question.
I want to ask you another one. Are the Afghans paying the salaries of their own personnel or is this cost still being covered by ISAF? If it is ISAF, when do you believe the ANSF will be covering their own costs?
One final question: the immigration program set up to help Afghan translators ended with the combat mission last year. Do Canada and ISAF have any plans to provide protection for translators after our departure?
Again, thank you very much.