this is not a nationwide effort in that regard, but you do have to be able to protect the population and the key lines of communication. now, i ve talked in recent days with ambassador eikenberry, the nato senior civilian representative, general holbrook, general lute, the eu rep, and various afghan officials, and a whole host of others about these kinds of issues. and there s no question that we have got to do everything that we can to enable our afghan partners to address the kinds of challenges that you have talked about right here. this all begins with a foundation of security, though. because you cannot expect local police to survive in a fiercin insurgent situation. you can t expect local commerce to develop. you can t rebuild schools and so forth. and so that s obvious.