. >> david fitzgerald. the earlier questions about the non-u.s. nato military forces in the region. you see this new strategy leading to de-emphasis because they are not able to play that kind of role. there is a shift for those nations to something non-military in terms of their response and this becomes more of an americanized war effort? >> no. frankly, i don't see any significant change in the missions assigned to the other partners within the nato alliance there. one ongoing issue has been so-called caveats that prohibit visions against certain activities by certain countries. those are always going to exist. we've tryd and worked closely to minimize those. they will be there. some have gotten better during the last couple years, which is tribute to the people working hard on this. i think the missions will remain the same. american capabilities are growing in afghanistan and a number of other countries are contributing more forces to brits, for example, and australians and others. we will continue with those nations contributing as much as they can in afghanistan and their mis