a participating with me is commencing co-chairman michael tebow. i will talk about a few points. i am a retired u.s. army officer. i am an executive secretary to the national security council. he was also a army and served 35 years in the department of defense. he is also worked in the private sector as a consultant. we are here on behalf of all the commissioners to approve release of a special report to the congress which we have titled "iraq, the forgotten mission. we have brought a printed copies with us today. the report reflects bipartisan consensus. we requested be included in the committee's hearing record. this poses the question, it is a state department ready? the short answer is no. sustaining an expanded u.s. diplomatic presence in iraq will require the state to take on thousands of additional employees that is neither have the funds to pay for our resources to manage. we base the recommendations on the research syrinx as well as to trips -- on the research as well as atwo trips. our observations have led to a special report. the department of defense has been working