Committee Chairman Rep. Ike Skelton (D-MO) greets U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of the International Security Assistance Force and commander of United States Forces Afghanistan (L), and Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry (C) as they arrive to testify at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the war in Afghanistan, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington December 8, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES MILITARY POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY CONFLICT)