it's turning out to be the deadliest year of the u.s. encounter in afghanistan, so far, 316 people have been killed. americans, i believe, that's 316 americans have been killed. so far this year. we still have four-months to go in this year. the deadly vee lens continued yesterday and today. seven americans were killed yesterday, five more killed today in afghanistan. so we are beginning to achieve the surge levels that we want to achieve in afghanistan, the violence, of course, reaching a peak, and that was expected, and nobody likes it, of course, but it's part of the process, and everybody says we still have a ways to go. jon: steve centanni, live at the pentagon, thank you, steve. let's bring in the discuss, the former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general richard myers. general maars, both wars in iraq and afghanistan, well underway by the time you took over as chairman of the joint chiefs in, what, october 2005. but what --gy ahead. >> actually, i took over in