probably to you and mchale, i went to a session last month, two u.s. senators and two congressmen and the question came up how long until resolve? we have political resolve to continue. we have congressional resolve and we've got the american public. the question came up how long is th that -- wee have about a year. if we can't show efforts we have actually done this. your comments on the congressional election coming up next year, your commentos that. >> my sense would be and i have heard secretary gates and chairman of the joint chief staff speak about this, as well. my sense is that the expectation is and this is legitimate and realistic. since we're seeing afghanistan where almost all the arrows are going downward in the wrong direction. the amgsz nticipation is now th arrow shoulds bottom out and turn upward. the security arrow, and so much of the issues resolve around that. by next summer, some degree of upward turn we'll be able to look at that in terms of amount of violence. there will be a lot of violence between now and then and it will take

obama adnistration's new under secretary of state forublic diplomy and public affairs, that's judith mchale, and a pakistani journali. accoing to the "times," she told him howmerica wants to ild bridges to the muslim world. his response, quotin should know that we hate a amerans. from the bottom of o souls, we te you." >>> and now to o weekly roundtab. our look back at some of t week's mosimportant international newstories. tonight 'll discuss. the esidential election in afghanisn. can it be considered success? what comes next? the ongoing curity nightmare in iq. at least three more people were killed in a bombing at a mart ne baghdad today. and then controveral decision to let that lian man convicted in the bombing of pan anlight 103 go homto die. y were the obama administration's protests ignored? joining us this week a charles sennott. he is the executive editornd vice president of "globalpos" and dagmar aalund. she is the depy international editor of "the wall stet journal." welcomto the two of you. >> tha you. >> all right, let's stt with afghanisn. a lot of americ money, a lot of amer

administration's new under secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs, that's judith mchale, and a pakistani journalist. according to the "times," she told him how america wants to build bridges to the muslim world. his response, quoting now, "you should know that we hate all americans. from the bottom of our souls, we hate you." >>> and now to our weekly roundtable. our look back at some of the week's most important international news stories. tonight we'll discuss the presidential election in afghanistan. can it be considered a success? what comes next? the ongoing security nightmare in iraq. at least three more people were killed in a bombing at a market near baghdad today. and then that controversial decision to let that libyan man convicted in the bombing of pan an flight 103 go home to die. why were the obama administration's protests ignored? joining us this week, charles sennott. he is the executive editor and vice president of "globalpost." and dagmar aalund. she is the deputy international editor of "the wall street journal." welcome to the two of you. >> thank you

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. >> i should highlight that the moderator -- congressman mchale took six months out to serve at -- inrine corps in afghanistan, as the senior mentor, about two years ago. he is not only a moderator, he has tremendous on the ground experience. >> i had a much shorter hair cut. >> i will be watching my comments carefully, and -- this is low pressure. thank you very much and i look forward to a great discussion. we have more of the questions for the comprehensive list, and i know that he is wanting to drill deeply into the election contest, so i will take a broader part of this and use this as a setting in which the elections will be of ululated a bit. since the arrival of the administration -- i pointed out -- there is a little bit of a math equations. this is a combination of leadership with the strategy and the resources. we had to do this for afghanistan, and since january this year, with the president's speech in march, we have seen significant changes being rolled out in all three of those areas. this was in the resource to mention. it is important to say that we are on a course of