Speaker. as a recent traveler to the AfghanistanPakistan border. I have seen some of the destruction wrought by this war. I have seen women and children who lost an arm or a leg. the victims of Sovietmade booby traps. I visited some of the refugee camps where over 1.5 million Afghans live. For these people. their only wish is to return to their homeland and live in peace without foreign masters. On this 11/2 year anniversary. today we must call attention to these brave people. to these dedicated human beings who are fighting armored divisions. helicopter gunships with the most limited. small arms.