eastern thailand, leopard gecko in northern vietnam and the snake, a tiger-striped pit viper, also found in vietnam. >>> time for our friday roundtable discussion of some of the week's top stories. we will look at the debate over ar in afghanistan, as top u.s. military comnders call for yet more american troops. and we will examine the global economic summit in pittsburgh, what the leaders accomplished as their ranks increased from a group of 8 to a group of 20. and joining us, once again, gideon rose, managing editor of "foreign affairs" magazine, and rana foroohar, senior editor of "newsweek's" international editions. welcome to both of you. nice to see you. >> thank you. >> let's start with afghanistan, and it seems that everything isp really kind of up in the air. gideon, your thoughts on what do you make of this debate?