it's disheartening that they declined to testify. the debacle in afghanistan is an interagency failure and the fact that you're the only one stepping up is disheartening. i agree with the chairman that this was a -- the withdrawal was a dismal failure. one of the things we need to get to the bottom of who is responsible for this and who made the decisions. there is real questions right now as to who is making the decisions. we know for a fact that the president of the united states is somewhat disadvantaged here in that someone is calling shots. he can't even speak without someone in the white house censoring it or signing off on it, is recently as yesterday in mid sentence he was cut off by someone in the white house who makes the decision to the president of the united states is not speaking correctly.