bill for that is $6 billion but that will provide us with what the current force is 352,000. there is an option on the table to reduce that to $4 billion which brings the force level down to 230,000. that would begin in 2016. that makes no sense. we're going to put most of nato forces out, some 100,000 and redies the afghan forces by one-third. then the afghan forces will be operating with 230,000 on the ground which we have 452,000. it doesn't make much sense. hopefully we'll find the money we need. we have to keep an appropriate residual force in place to provide the enablers that the afghans need. >> heather: i want to ask you something that is coming from one of our troops that is over there in afghanistan. i put this on line i was going