improvement we have seen in anbar province where we have now replaced two brigades with one brigade oughten anbar and so we are able to make those decisions as we see progress on the ground and we will continue to do that so what i have to do is dilatorily do this without losing the gains we have made well understanding i cannot have forces there that will not-- that are not being used efficiently. >> general, iran has been in the news a great deal lately. what influence does that country have on your efforts in iraq? >> obviously as a neighbor, iran, all neighboring countries have influence inside iraq. what we want is the iran that once were the positive influence inside of iraq. unfortunately we still see some maligned intent with iran as we continue to seek training conducted in iran of iranian circuits that have now come back into iraq. we still continue to uncover large caches of rockets, reels to shoot rockets and some explosive foreign projectiles that are made in iran. we continue to see potential interference in the political process inside of iraq so those obviously our concerns. the g