You are already taking steps to than 9800. R less we just know know what the number is . Yes, butampbell sir, the course of action i recommended, if we get a decision senator tillis i think the Administration Needs to be crystal on this. This is not something that should take long and anyone who situationed this knows the president is going down a perilous path. You mention some things i have not heard you talk about. , the other funding streams that are at risk that are also an important part of the gains we made in protecting those gains, can you tell me about any progress or concerns you have with that . Sir, this is al critical year for 2016. They will meet at the warsaw conference and that will for 2018, 2019, 2024 afghanistan senator tillis but that is still an open switch if we continue to build on our games there . Is that correct . General campbell yes, it is important we do not lose senator tillis thank you. Something else i want to reinforce that senator graham touched on, a
Recruits, but where are we . Maam, thepbell numbers i would give you would be based on different reports i am seeing. I think an open press that i 3000 on theuld be daish and three years and years the number of taliban inside afghanistan have gone from 20,000 to 80,000. I think it is hard to distinguish which people just sympathize with the taliban and which ones are actually hardcore taliban. The Intelligence Community continues to look at that. What i would say, the Afghan Security forces have really impacted the taliban this year based on the number of casualties they have caused the taliban. With the Afghan National police and local police officers, we visited about that a little yesterday in my office. What you think are the biggest challenges, the reduced weaknesses they have, and will they be able to become the biggest weaknesses they have, and will they be able to become professional as we assess what our position is going to be an afghanistan . General campbell for the police,