president against a full drawdown of troops, journal reporting it this way, the presidents top generals urged him to keep a force of about 2500 troops we'll see seeking a peace agreement between warren afghan factions to maintain stability. the president was asked about that during his interview with abc news. that during his interv>> your ts with advised against it. >> no they didn't, it was split, it wasn't true. >> they didn't tell you that they want to troops to stay? >> not in terms of whether we were going to get out in a timeframe all troops. they didn't argue against that. >> no one told you know, we should just keep 2500 troops, it's been a stable situation, we can do that, we can continue to do that. >> no, no one said that to me that i can recall. there is no good time to leave