it's been a joe klein wrote a cover story for time magazine, which discussed that issue. back about 10 months ago, and the issue he identified is there. plus the indians have a large agriculture, japanese are upgrading the e.u., upgrading. this is a big push. and very glad you asked the question, because people rarely make the connection, but of course, there is a connection. it is classic counterinsurgency. is good in its own right. it's going to help deny the taliban a pool of alienated, unemployed youths, who go out and get paid to shoot if there is a family plot, family pressures will be that they work on the farms, at least during the appropriate seasons. so it's enormously important. on trade transit. the negotiations are continuing. there was another round, secretary clinton and i talked about this last night. it's down to just one or two issues, that they are very complicated. and they involve the equities and politics of both afghanistan and pakistan, and i'm not -- i'm not up to speed on the exact extent today so i'd rather not get into details. but we are conti