. >> there is topic of last month killing scores of civilians, we have update by jeff corel for 40 minutes. >> good afternoon. good to see you all, especially after being away. tomorrow morning secretary gate replies on the update on defense. the hearing is scheduled to begin at 10:30. and tomorrow evening the secretary departs for the netherlands that he will spend tomorrow and part of wednesday as he speaks on troops of afghanistan. and then on thursday he will fly to brussels to discuss a range of security issues of the alliance. and the nato operations in afghanistan will likely dominate those discussions. thirdly and finally the secretary returns to washington, d.c. on friday evening. and then early on saturday morning heads to washington state. where he will deliver the commencement address at the university of washington. which i believe is an open press event although i won't head there myself. >> what can you tell us about the investigation into the nato force incident in afghanistan. where does the investigation stand and to what degree has the inquiry of the u.s. force [inaudibl