sek ta, tcretasecretary, th said that there is not going to be any peace in afghanistan as long as there are prisoners in guantanamo bay, and they have repeated the statements time and time again and they have proven that they do not desire peace with the united states or our allies. with this known, why did you at that point on "meet the press" express hope, and we can all have hope, that with the release of the sergeant would lead to the some direct negotiation s with the united states, and do you today feel that that is still a real possibility. maybe it is something that you want to say in the classified setting that you can't say here today, but this is to me, your statement was received by many of the people that i represent in the 3rd district of north carolina that maybe there was in this negotiation about the sergeant that maybe there was some signals sent to you, sir, or to the administration that there might be a opportunity for direct negotiations with the taliban. know i knowing the history of the taliban and how they fought alexander the great, and the brits and now the ame