ss sunstein on his latest "why knuge?"eneral joseph dunford testify to the senate armed services committee recently. he talked about military operations in afghanistan and the true presence after this year scheduled drawdown by the u.s. the hearing is one hour 50 minutes. we thank you for your great service to our nation. this committee has held regular hearings over the years. more than 2200 americans have given their lives there and thousands more have been wounded. despite the sacrifices, despite the fact that in a stand harbored the terrorists who attacked our nation in 2001, a recent poll shows that for the first time a plurality of americans believe that sending our forces to afghanistan was a mistake. i do not share that view. more importantly neither do the afghan people. a recent public opinion poll shows that a large majority of afghans believe the conditions in the country have improved over the last decade. have taken critical steps to deny safe haven to terrorists to ensure afghanistan does not serve as a sanc