rank and file writers gretchen has written about from the leadership and that's going to be happening over the next six months. we want to make sure we're on the same page so we don't get the public disagreements and spats which hamp everied our policy over the last few months. >> gretchen, corruption and the drug trade, is amid karzai doing enough on either one of the fronts? >> well, on corruption he has proved to be a relatively unreliable partner. what's most worrisome of his behavior is not just refusing to get rid of political allies and cronies and members of his family accused prove tecting and participating in the opium trade but pardoning a number of political allies who actually had gone through the afghan court system and been convicted of involvement in the drug trade. that sends in my opinion a very bad signal from the top. at the same time, i think there is much broader understanding on