afghan forces and to get the afghan army to the place to take over the security situation, but when you are look at the mas ma zif security problem there, it is reasonable that the president says how long will the u.s. be in there and he has said that he wants to pull the u.s. back, but when you have a war 16 years in, i don t know how the u.s. cut and run from something like this. i think that you will see the president who has this decision to make, but i think that at this point, there is no way that he can say no. and 16 years. ely e e e elise labott. what the president is going to reveal on the world stage, and about his ambassador. we have am bam d ambassador young next. m bam ambassador young next. bam ambassador yg next. bam ambassador young next. ambassador young next. ambassador young next. am. .