The Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs will hold a hearing titled: Troops, Diplomats and Aid: Assessing Strategic Resources for Afghanistanto explore what objectives the U.S. should try to achieve in Afghanistan, as well as the resources necessary to achieve them including: the utility, capacity, and optimal number of military forces; the utility, capacity, and optimal number of civilian U.S. employees; various international resource options; the positive and negative effects of increased presence of U.S. personnel on the Afghan people; and the optimal model for security and development assistance.