ministry of foreign affairs. as far as the other dismissal of some very, very qualified officials in afghanistan, i really cannot comment. it was a different situation, different condition. but, as i mentioned, i had the privilege, actually, of serving afghanistan, being the face of a new afghanistan and establishing the embassy from the ground up and making it one of the most successful embassies of afghanistan abroad. >> all of a sudden, they tell you to go home. here is another quote from the article in "the washington post." jawad, that's you, has been the subject of what he called a smear campaign in afghanistan over the past few weeks. several afghan websites published photographs that purported to show people consuming alcohol and women dancing in sleeveless dresses at an embassy party to celebrate the muslim holy month of ramadan. you've seen all those accusations that muslims are not supposed to drink alcohol and certainly women are not supposed to be sleeveless. what do you say about those smears that were leveled against