there will also be an international meeting at the request of prime minister brown and chancellor merklet the end of january, which is a very important event for our nato allies. i think we will see, in real terms, the delivery of the support that the president's decision has engendered. >> will your discussions also include better coordination of the different nato forces who are in afghanistan? >> that is certainly a conversation that we are in the midst of. i held a meeting with about a dozen of the nato foreign ministers that were there for the inauguration. one of the points that i stressed is how we have to do a better job of coordinating our civilian aid, how we would like to see a counterpart to general mcchrystal. not all the members are in nato, so trying to structure this the right way is challenging. there is a great and growing understanding why we need to do a better job of the partners. obviously, the united states believes we have to play a major role in this because of the burdens that we have assumed, but we want the international support as well. >> i just wanted to ur