confidence in afghans? i think many people would tell you just the opposite. he is willing to go places, do things that his troops, that the afghan troops are doing. he's not staying hold up in his headquarters in kabul. he went to gozny yesterday where the taliban have been fighting afghan forces and the u.s. had to go in and be lend a hand. the situation has been volatile and he went to lend his support. general miller has been there for decades. he's very used to looking at his own security. he trusts his own people, no question about that, but he likes to have his own rifle in his own hands apparently. >> barbara, thank you very much. happy thanksgiving to you. >> you, too, brooke. now to this, this eighth grade girl from milwaukee wrote this compelling essay about gun