Journalists with radio free europe and radio liberty. 500 people tied to that group were left on the ground despite promises of taking them out. we re learning more and more by the day and the tone of that speech came off as very defensive. bill: i don t disagree with that observation. i was watching and listening and i thought what do they see what we don t? we saw the abc poll numbers and they were across the board, republicans, independents, democrats, get the americans out. strong majority 70% plus make sure you get the afghan all aisles out as well. i just wonder if it came from a position of political desperation perhaps on numbers they re seeing or perhaps from their own caucus saying you have to get in front of this thing. possibly, bill. i think they are continually trying to hit and the president is trying to hit he wanted to end the war. this was about ending the