general allen co-signed a memorandum of understanding on detention operations with defense minister wardak. as you noted we are also working with the afghans on a memorandum of understanding on night prapgss or special operations, which when completed will

the longer answer is i went to see minister wardak. i wrote a letter to the president. i presented the evidence of this case to the palace and there is now a comprehensive investigation under way about the national military hospital, which we hope will ultimately result in irrefutable evidence for the prosecution of the commander of that hospital. the jurisdiction needs to be determined whether it will be tried through the attorney general's office or through military jurisprudence. but the technical outcome and the investigation is under way at this time. i think that's a great step forward, frankly. >> it's been a year. >> the investigation has only been under way for several months. i'm glad to see that it is. >> thank you very much. and i yield back, mr. chairman. >> thank you. mr. forbes? >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. miller, thank you for being here. general, we appreciate you being here. i support what you do. the only thing, sometimes up here we talk about winning and losing and asking questions it american people will say that's not really the question i want

the longer answer is i went to see minister wardak. i wrote a letter to the president. i presented the evidence of this case to the palace and there is now a comprehensive investigation underway underway about the national military hospital, which we hope will ultimately result in irrefutable evidence for the prosecution of the commander of that hospital. the jurisdiction needs to be determined whether or they try to the attorney general's office or military jurisprudence but that is a technical outcome and the investigation is underway at this time. i think that's a great step forward frankly. >> it's been a year. >> the investigation has only been underway for several months and i'm very glad to see that it is, maam. >> thank you very much and i yield back mr. chairman. >> dr. miller thank you for being here in general we appreciate you being here. i support what you do. the only thing, sometimes appear we talk about winning and losing and we are asking questions of the american people who will say that is not really the question i wanted to ask. one of the things, th

of understanding on detention operations signed by general allen and the afghan defense minister wardakone of the main obstacles to concluding the strategic partnership agreement. another controversial issue in those strategic talks is the conduct of a night raid by coalition and afghan forces. afghan officials have repeatedly called for an end to night raids, alleging that they are destructive to afghan livas -- afghan lives and lead to civilian casualties. but what is often ignored here in the united states and in afghanistan, is that afghan soldiers participate in all night raid operations. in december, general allen issued a -- and isaf tactical directive on operations at night, designed to minimize the disruption and concerns caused to law-abiding citizens. that directive clearly states that all coalition night operations are partnered operations, "carried out alongside specially trained afghan soldiers and policemen who are increasingly taking on responsibility for the command and control of night operations with a view to transitioning this responsibility to them entirely as thei

i would point you to the statements by minister wardak about the incident and his expressions of regret and condolences in the matter of the servicemen who were killed in the interior ministry. more don't have anything for you on the specific conversation the president had. >> -- do you have any comment -- >> again, i don't have any more detail for the -- about the president's conversation. >> can karzai guarantee the safety of the american troops who they are training? >> i would ask you to refer that question to either the afghan government or isaf. yes. >> thank you. you mentioned keeping in touch with president karzai before the nato summit. has the president invited president karzai to come and tell nato in person what the progress is? >> i don't have anything on that. i'm not sure about that. >> and does -- was the president satisfied with the progress that he heard from president karzai this morning? >> well, i think i read you a pretty full description of the conversation. the fact is that there has been some progress towards the strategic partnership agreement that they've -- t