the taliban should remember as well what happened the last time it did as you rightly said, harbor al qaeda and engaged in an outwardly directed attack against us. it knows consequences of continuing tow do that. and it has made commitments no to the allow that to happen. but, of course, we're not relying on the commiments that we discuss earlier. the what we're doing in our countries is detect the re-emergence of any threat including from al qaeda and the means to do something about it. >> the gentleman' time has expired. the gentleman's time has expired. i now recognize representative ted deutsche of floir who the chair committee on the middle east, north africa and global counter-terrorism for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, i appreciate you being here today.