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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

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