re-election bids. how does a republican committee change things for the pentagon and our military? i think you ll be seeing an aggressive oversight agenda coming out of the armed services committee to set the tone for the issues in the 112th congress. they say this is ground zero for oversight on the administration s policy on afghanistan, in particular what many republicans have seen a troop cap. if general petraeus can t get any more forces what are the implications and our national objective, and are our girls and guys on the ground able to achieve the mission there, as well as the arbitrary draw deadline as seen by both sides as a political timetable and nothing more. jon: the president is commander-in-chief. if the president says i want to drawdown our forces in afghanistan in july as he has said he intends to do there is nothing the house armed services