BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: The man charged with running the war was on Capitol Hill today to get Congress up to speed on the Afghan campaign. Our Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr at her post now watching and listening to that. What have we found out just yet? Barbara, good morning.</s>BARBARA STARR, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, hi, Bill. Yes, General Tommy Franks, the man who is running the war in Afghanistan was on Capitol Hill. He is still there before the Senate Armed Services Committee, bringing them up to date on the progress in the war. General Franks told senators in his words there is no question that they will eventually get Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar, the leader of the Taliban. But so far, there isn't a lot of progress on that front. Now, special forces, U.S. commandos today, are still trying to reach that site in eastern Afghanistan, that remote site, where earlier this week the CIA shot at a suspected Al Qaeda convoy. They don't know who they hit. They haven't been able to reach the area on the ground because of bad weather. But they're still trying to get there today and see what they can find out. Franks made it clear that while there have been a number of successes in the war so far, there is still an awful lot of work left to be done, but he is ready to tell President Bush that the military job is over.</s>GEN. TOMMY FRANKS, U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND: Our activities today remain focused on gaining and exploiting intelligence in order to preempt and disrupt planned future terrorist acts, to positively confirm or deny all over Afghanistan the presence of Taliban or Al Qaeda fighter pockets, to search through each possible location for evidence of weapons of mass destruction.</s>STARR: But the best part of the hearing still may come later today. General Franks is scheduled to meet with the senators behind closed doors and give them the latest intelligence on Osama bin Laden -- Bill. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
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