portrayed as something exhaustive looking how this counterinsurgency strategy is working and executed ed id in t possible way. it is whether the strategy we have is working. the ultimate conclusion from the administration is progress is being made. they identify areas they need to improve, getting insurgents out of the tribal areas. there was a lot of emphasis on how far pakistan has come and how much it has done. the administration is highlighting the way the al qaeda senior leadership in pakistan has been degraded by some of the counterterrorism measures the administration has undertaken. the real bottom line issue for so many people is when can the troops begin to come home. they are talking about the july 2011 date as the beginning of the draw down as the surged