told them that he had been opposed to the total withdrawal. that was senator imhoff, the top senator on the armed services committee. he added he believes there were inconsistencies within the administration on the withdrawal. former committee member elizabeth warren added that the general was quite candid. and he felt that the military and the nation needed to do a lot of soul-searching on lessons learned from the war. meanwhile, intelligence officials say it's only a matter of time before al qaeda reconstitutes itself in afghanistan. >> the current assessment is one to two years for al qaeda to build some capability to at least threaten the homeland. >> i think we are already beginning to see, you know, some of the indications of, you know, of some potential movement of al qaeda to afghanistan. >> military experts have long