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Speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 17, 2012, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes each, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair will receive a message. The messenger mr. Speaker, a message from the senate. The secretary mr. Speaker. The speaker pro tempore madam secretary. The secretary i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has passed s. 1998, cited as the d. H. S. Audit requirement target act of 2012, in which the concurrence of the house is requested. The speaker pro tempore the chair now recognizes the gentleman from north carolina, mr. Jones, for five minutes. Mr. Jones
Inconsistent. Can you tell us in your judgment whether or not first of all the is our mission succeeding in afghanistan, first of all, but secondly, can you tell us about the capabilities of the Afghan Security forces and whether they are on track for where we expected them to be at this point in the campaign with a little over 20 months to go until the end of the i. C. F. Mission. Thank you, chairman. Ill defer. I thought i would start with general madison. Did i say you, admiral . Im sorry. Chairman, our mission is succeeding. The Afghan Campaign is on track. It is obviously a combination of progress and violence but i would say when it comes down to the ansf, the Afghan National Security Forces, they are proving themselves capable. Obviously; when we were looking at the drawdown numbers, there was a certain amount of forecasting that the Afghan Forces would be capable. Let me give you some statistics to take this beyond simply my evaluation. Since the first of january we have lost f
Theres the breaking news coming out of indianapolis, indiana. Jared fogle, the subway pitchman pleading guilty to possessing and distributing child pornography. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer reporting from washington. Were following the breaking news. I want to get right to Ashleigh Banfield whos been listening in on all the details from from the very start. Ashleigh, this is an individual thats obviously very well known here in the United States, indeed, traveled for subway around the world trying to promote subway and now all of a sudden this. Tell our viewers what just happened. Yeah. Well, what was interesting is that he emerged from the federal courthouse in indianapolis and has not made that plea yet. The intention is there, the admission is there, the recommendations are there for sentencing which the prosecutors want to be as high as 13 years in prison. His attorneys are recommending closer to five. It will probably fa