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You said how will i measure success over the next year and a half, and i think there are a couple ingredients. one is how successful we are with our afghan partners at suppressing terrorism and carrying out strikes aimed at, first of all, eliminating al qaeda. but anyone else who threatens the united states. a second big indicator would be how the security forces are doing both in terms of their combat performance. the ingredient which which was very important is a building of their own enablers, their air force. the a-29s, helicopter forces and so forth. these will be some of the thick achiev...

Suppressing terrorism and carrying out strikes aimed at -- first of all, eliminating al qaeda and anyone else who threatens the united states. a second big indicator would be how the afghan security forces are doing both in terms of their combat performance and another critical ingredient, for which next year is very important, is the building of their own enablers. their air force, for example, the a-29s helicopter forces and so on. so these will be some of the things that we're aiming to achieve over the next year. and i think the president's decision reflects the fact that it will be easier...

Half? i think there's a couple of ingredients. one is how successful we are with our afghan partners at suppressing terrorism and carrying out strikes aimed at eliminating al qaeda and anyone else who threatens the united states. a second big indicator is how the afghan security forces are doing both in terms of combat performance and another critical ingredient was there. another ingredient which is for which next year is very important is the building of their own enablers, their air force. the a-29 helicopter forces and so forth. these are some of the -- these will be some of the the things...