I would ask, for the record, for a more detailed analysis of what the----cost differential is between those.

General Dunford, do you anticipate having to drawdown U.S. forces during the fighting season?

What would be the dangers to our mission, and to our troops, if the plan was changed and you were forced to withdraw a significant number of troops during this fighting season?

To have participatory elections, effective elections, elections that are accepted as legitimate, we're going to have the right security environment to do that.

if we fail in Afghanistan, what could be the impact on U.S. national security interests?

I want to thank all of our witnesses for being here.

Can you explain to me why one, and not the other, and what--how you distinguish between certain towers?

I think it is very important that we be in all four regions.

I would appreciate an answer to that, because there is over--of course, as I understand it, in looking how much is in Essential Air Services, that's a pretty substantial amount of funding on an annual basis.

We are going to do whatever we need to do to support the Afghan security forces in establishing an operational environment within which free, fair, and legitimate elections can take place.

So, why was the decision made to close all the contracting towers, versus the towers that had the FAA employees that perhaps could have gone on to do other work?

I think anything that would keep resources out of the hands of the enemy would be a positive step.