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The more likely we'll be able to initiate and draw down troops sooner. we have to keep that in mind. this is really the pacing item. a news story opening today. since the opening bell today we've been watching breaking news out of wall street. the dow's taking a huge hit with bad consumer confidence news. let's go to trish regan at cnbc. what's the cause and effect here? is this anticipating a bad economic number? a bad jobless number this friday for june? what's causing consumer confidence to drop and then drive the dow down? >> well, consumers are concerned, chris, because a lot of them, f...

Human rights. >> after ten years of engagement, that by itself, i don't think will be enough to sustain american involvement. >> but it needs to be part of the discussion. >> it certainly does. but the core issue will be whether the cost of our continued engagement is justified by the benefit of what we are achieving there. especially when you look at the additional challenges they face across the board. in pakistan, the president made the call, as you said, chris, the calculus was still yes, but i don't think it's an infinite tether. >> what's happening is the pacing item. it's what's driving...