general allen, on january 31st of this year lance corporal eddie dykhuis, a marine from greenville, mississippi, was shot in the head by an afghan army liaison nco embedded with lance corporal dykhuis' unit in helmand province. yesterday my staff and i received a briefing on the details of this case from the marine corps and the nail criminal investigative service, ncis. the ongoing marine corps and ncis investigation of this case has revealed that the afghan soldier responsible for the shooting has a questionable personal history previously unknown to the u.s. military. i was informed by the marine corps that this afghan soldier would never have been allowed to embed with our forces had we known of his history. as such, i believe robust recruit screening by the afghan security forces could have helped avoid the tragic death of this brave young man. general, will your team at isaf headquarters work with the marine corps and ncis to provide me with a detailed written report on the circumstances surrounding lance corporal dykhuis' murder? >> yes, sir, we will. >> and what is your current assessme

as i said, the one who killed lance corporal dykhuis is in the military detention facility. i was by general carrinii, who i believe you've met, assured that justice will be done in that regard. i'm confident that he will be true to his word, sir. >> and no doubt about that. i know with senator udall, i was able to go and actually observe and meet the leadership on the afghan local police program. and i, too, am a huge supporter. i'm also deeply concerned that by getting that program up to 30,000, yet we're doing a dramatic drawdown, how does that all work out? getting that program up and running is without a doubt the clearest deterrent for the taliban to re-establish ties in that region and potentially re-establish camps and potentially export terrorism around the region and eventually potentially, you know, moving on other parts of that -- other countries within that region. how do you think that's going to shake out? >> i think it's going to continue to be an important mechanism for holding the ground in afghanistan. >> quite a bit less cost and less manpower. >> much le