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they havele lies, india, iran, uzbekistan, in that order, are active in pursuing all alliances they had pre-2001. when we discussion reconciliation with the taliban, it's not just whether they accept the rules of the constitution but what role they will have, whether they become a dominant role or from within. to eliminate concerns of afghan, not just mr. karzai and the government but beyond that. it's not just the right of woman, which as important as it may be, unfortunately does not have security concerns. the other issue i will leave you with because i'm running out of time is the concern we just last night president obama and president karzai signed a strategic dialogue -- strategic agreement between afghanistan and the united states. one of those elements basically would allow to us stay and support the afghan government between the 2014 withdraw day. there's a problem in that and what the taliban want. the taliban's number one demand is no the imposition of shariah, it's the withdrawal of foreign forces from that country. how we reconcile those is very much an important aspect of

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. >> we will havel ♪ >>> we're back now 8:30 on a tuesday morning. the 8th day of may, 2012.that's simply because al roker is wearing a beautiful pink shirt. we are happy to have all the contestants with us for the upcoming miss usa pageant to be held in las vegas in the next month. and we're happy to have them here. they're joined by the current miss usa. we're going to hear from her in just a couple of minutes. i'm matt lauer along with ann curry, natalie morales, and al roker. and meanwhile, if you've got children who play sports, you know that it often takes a lot of people behind the scenes to get them to the next level. talking about moms and dads and family members so this morning we've got some olympic hopefuls with us, and since mother's day is just around the corner, we're going to talk to them and celebrate their moms. as well. >> that's right. and also speaking of family ties, we have martin sheen and emilio estevez joining us this morning live in our studio coming up in this half hour. they've written a touching new memoir about their lives together. it was inspi

but right now, germany seems to be the one in control given the finances that havele ro rolled the ecbink there will be peripheral countries that may join greece. the question becomes the increase in tension. but i think there will be an effort gradually where the effort will be made to keep poor europe together and tell's probably try to recalculate the relationship. >> would germany ever blink because it matters so much to them? they're in this as much as everybody else. >> i think the german population is already blinking and i think will probably blink a year from most of. >> they finance stuff to greece and sell hatheir manufacturing >> she's politically wounded. but this really can't allow itself to break up. if you look he die magics of europe, if you go out ten years from thousanow, you wouldn't ha european country in the top ten gdp in the world. they can't afford that. and you also think about there are still people who remember landlords. we don't remember that here. i was this brussels recently talking to one of the german ministers and he said we remember land wars. when y