china would have liked more than to reup the war in afghanistan and to remain bogged down for another five, ten, or 20 years. that would have been against our strategic interests. >> gentleman's time has expired. i now recognize the chair of new jersey. he is security migration and international and economic policy for fuf minutes. >> thank you, mr. secretary for being with us for the third time. and i also want to say thank you to the work that the state department has done in getting people including 11 members of one family that were all united and are here now in this country. so i tip my hat to those people who work so hard. the question i have is the taliban seems to be having a