our first guest today, from pennsylvania, admiral joe sestak, and brandon webb, the author of "the red circle, how i trained the world's deadliest marksman." brandon, i'll begin with you on the set. an apparatus is only as good as the metrics and the mission. fair? >> yes. >> how clear are the metrics in our current occupation? >> when you look at what's happening over there, i think it's a step in the right direction, but like we were talking previously, you have a situation where there still is no clear -- clearly defined ultimate objection in afghanistan. what are the milestones? how does it shape up? when you're in a situation where you have this ambiguity out there, the american people don't understand what the objective is, what's our return on investment, what's our very clearcut plan. you get a different answer of everyone you ask, whether they're in the service or a politician or walking on the street, they'll tell a different answer. that's an issue. >> ultimately, mission clarity and metrics congressmen are to be defined by the policymakers themselves that we train, people l