Having worked and met with veterans over the past three months, when the issue of the Afghan monument becomes an area that I'm questioned on, oftentimes I hear that people are very anxious, and they want to see this done sooner rather than later. People are concerned that there are going to be delays.
I'm pleased to report that the National Capital Commission has signed the contract, so that hurdle is done. Now we need to start making sure that the construction can start in a very timely fashion.
As I've indicated, there was a bit of delay in the past with respect to the location where the monument was going to be. When we formed government, we made sure that we found an appropriate location for the monument, and from there we've gone through this process. The next step will be to make sure that we have the individuals who are going to build the monument in place.
The Stimson company, of course, developed the design, but they are not the ones who are going to be building the monument per se, so that's the next phase of the work that needs to be done.