they said, oh, they'll be too underresourced. they won't have the funding. they will be so stretched so thin on everything else they're trying to do and also their egos will be too big for them to even pull together. you see, they counted on everything but there's one thing they didn't count on, one thing they didn't count on. they didn't count on u.s. he's not going to let this happen. he's not going to let us sit back. he's going to shake us awake. what our duty is today is to understand what we have to do. we got to take this up a serious notch. we got to deal within our community a resistance movement. we got to have our folks today understood what's going on. when i say our no matter what their race. so what we want to do is a couple things i want you to think about. first of all, your first level of defense. i want you to take down this number. marcia mentioned it and i want to really make sure it becomes part of your mantra, your heart, everything you say push 1-866-our vote, 1-866-687- -- when people come to you and say you can't vote, that's the lin

i'm just providing this comparison because it brings into sharp -- you realize how underresourced puerto rico is when you see this stat. so i would like to hear your view, in terms of what you can do or not in staffing our office in puerto rico. >> thank you, sir. we have met and you know that the whole caribbean region is of concern the-to-the dea. when we moved resources in 2002 from our other field divisions down to the southwest border, we left the caribbean region alone because we knew if we were successful on the southwest border, that we would start seeing impact in the caribbean. so san juan, the surrounding that field division has been very important to us, and i actually have increased the resources there. and so let me talk about those increases. in 2009, there were 83 agents assigned to san juan and ponce. i increased it to 95. i made sure that agents graduating from the academy are assigned there. we will continue to try to give as many resources to puerto rico as possible. on the surge, know before your discussion with the attorney general about surges that dea actually was

i would also say that for too long the effort in afghanistan was underresourced, both in terms of money but also in terms of level of training and support that we were able to give the former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral mullen. described that very graphically when he said in afghanistan, we do what we can? don't wa >> don't want you to go too far. >> the turning point was i would say three years ago following the strategic review by president obama and members of this administration which recognized what we had not been doing in afghanistan, where we put additional resources both personnel and money, and we really began to build the afghan security forces to a size and capability that they are now showing. >> all right. >> we made the strategic decisions and the impacts are -- >> let me interrupt you, because i've got a few other questions. i'm sorry, i'd love to listen. so, how many taliban are we fighting now in afghanistan? >> there are estimates from the intelligence community, and i'll defer to them on that, but i'd say it's a very hard figure to come up with how

. >> when we started the interview, one of things you said is it's been a historic problem of underresourcing. is the can-do spirit of the service where you don't get more but manage to do a lot actually work in your disadvantage in order to make the resource argument sometimes? >> as i've said many times, it's our greatest strength and our greatest weakness. on the other hand, i would never tell my people that we should stop performing at the levels that the country has been accustomed too because we do, we bring smiles to people's faces. when i walk up and talk to appropriators on the hill, they say that we know when we give you dollars they're going to be well spent. the challenges i think across the government, though, there's no one getting all they need to do all the jobs they're tasked with. so we just have to continue doing the best we can. and what i'm trying to do is indemnify my leaders by saying, okay, we're going to set priorities. there are some things we're not going to be able to get done and i will articulate those things to the administration, to the congress, to the people

they will be to underresourced. they will not have the funding. they will be so frightened on everything else they are trying to do. and their egos will be too big for them to pull together. but there's one thing they didn't count on, one thing they didn't count on. they didn't count on us. they underestimated us because they don't understand the power of our guide. he will not let this happen. he will not let us sit back. what our duty is today is to understand what we have to do. we have to take this up a serious not. we have to build within our community a resistance movement. we have to have folks understand what is going on. no matter what their race. what we will do is a couple of things. i want you to think about this as black churches. first of all, your first level of defense here. i want you to take down this number. marcia mentioned it and i want to make sure that it becomes part of your mantra, your heart, your whole code. everything your -- one-866-our- vote. that is your lifeline. whenever somebody comes to you and says i cannot vote

i'm just providing this comparison because it brings into sharp, you realize how underresourced puertorico is when you see this stats. so i would like to hear your view, in terms of what you can do or not in staffing our office in puerto rico. >> thank you, sir. we have met, and you know that the whole caribbean region is of concern to the dea. when we moved resources in 2002 from our other field divisions down to the southwest border, we left the caribbean region alone, because we knew if we were successful on the southwest border, that we would start seeing impact in the caribbean. so san juan, the surrounding, that field of vision has been very important to us but anna actually have an increased resources there. so let me talk about those increases. in 2009, there were 83 agents assigned to san juan. i increased it to 95. in fact, i have done what we can to make sure that agents graduating from the academy, seemed agents from foreign offices are assigned there. we will continue to try to give as many resources to puerto rico as possible. on the surge, know before your discussion wit

i would also say that for too long, the effort in afghanistan was underresourced, both in terms of money, but also in terms of the level of training and support we were able to give the former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff admiral mullen described that very graphically when he said in afghanistan we do what we can. but the turning point, i would say really was about three years ago, following the strategic review by president obama and members of this administration, which recognize soviet not been doing in afghanistan, where we put additional resources of personnel and money we really begin to build to the size and capability that they are now showing. we made the strategic decision and the impacts. >> let me interrupt you because i have a few other questions. i'm sorry, i would love to listen. so, how many taliban are we fighting now in afghanistan? >> their estimates in the intelligence committee and i will defer to them on that, but it's a very hard figure to come up with how many because many people who fight with the taliban are part-time taliban are people afraid with the