respond. patricia from reuters? >> you said a couple months ago that the war in afghanistan is a war of necessity. do you think it is possible to meet u.s. objectives there without extra u.s. troops and consider this. how does the public's lagging support for the war affect your decision making now, and how is your review process been affected by the allegations of election fraud? thank you. >> first of all, let me be clear on our goals. we went into afghanistan not because we were interested in entering that country or positioning ourselves regionally, but because al qaeda killed 3,000 plus americans.