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Have insides there who will be willing to share with reporters, but from a white house perspective tonight, other than telling us they'll have this general guidelines, we don't know what the prescription from the president will be. i think it's been widely viewed that the likely scenario is that he would increase troops, but again, that's just educated guesses looking at the foreign policy of the moment and the standing of the president. so more will come on this, but it will be a very significant moment for the president to spell out his strategy and to address the nation. thomas? >> the long...