2011 date is not necessarily a date when the troops come home from afghanistan or start coming home from afghanistan. it depends on what he called d conditions on the ground. >> and there are those in the u.s. military and folks who follow these things who believe based on everything they have heard on the situation on the ground, not improving as rapidly as the pentagon would like, that that deadline will pass. that it was never a deadline to come out, it was a deadline to start bringing troops home. the question, can you bring a modest amount home to keep a symbolic commitment to that deadline, or will the situation be more dicey? and general petraeus has been one of those who has been very clear that we will do this only if the conditions warrant it. one other point on that. remember in that testimony, he briefly almost fainted in the testimony. and when i was talking to sources across the national security community yesterday, this is one of the concerns they raised about general mcchrystal. and i just got a note from a source saying, great pick, except he is so tired. here's what the source said yesterday. these guys have been going at