he also talked about a plan favored by general david petraeus to create local security forces in afghanistan. this is a little less than an hour. >> good afternoon. good to see you all. let me begin with a brief announcement about the upcoming trip. i am happy to get to your questions. there are travels to seoul, south korea. on july 21, the secretaries will participate in talks at the republic of korea. it will be the first meeting of them and the talks will address the full range of security and allianz issues including the development of a new chance for implementation plan agreed by president obama agreed earlier this month as well as other enhancements to the military readiness. in the wake of the unprovoked