with the cabinet. president karzai will be here in less than a month. the relationship is in good shape. the issues are difficult, and we ought to focus on those. this is a very difficult situation. but i want to draw your attention to the fact that for the very first time in this war, thanks to the leadership of general mcchrystal, president karzai has gone and visited the troops in the battlefield. he s made three trips with stan mcchrystal in the last few weeks, oneonta same day i just described. he s gone to kandahar, hel mund with mcchrystal. he told me enjoyed those trips and was going to do more of them. that is an investment of karzai in the overall strategy which you vice president seen before. so let s use your television program to bury this myth and get on with the all-important job of achieving our national objectives in the most challenging of circumstances. and ambassador, you re a special envoy to the afpac