-- howie motionn emotional that is. >> 23 thousand u.s.s brought home by the end of the summer given everything that has happened do you expect that to be sped up? >> they may bring home an additional 20,000 troops by the end of the year. some say 10,000. it remains to be seen. military commanders don't do that. when i look at the positive trends in afghanistan the afghans taking over the fact that panetta says the level of attacks. at the lowest level in five years i say we should not jeopardize that type of progress. that is hard fought. i would hate to see those gains lost. >> what is the role there it was the taliban and shifted to nation building schools, roads all of that. >> it has to be degrading capabilities so they can come in themselves. that brings pakistan into the picture. you have u.s. soldiers fighting in afghanistan we are not taking out the ied factories because it's too politically sensitive. >> afghan security forces need to ache over themselves. when our men and women are training these people and you cannot necessaril