towards the unga hall. we are going to be looking very closely at what president obama says and what putin says, particularly about syria. it s an incredibly tense time around the world, especially in the middle east and north africa right now. certainly, with ukraine, all these issues, jim chute tsciutt they re coming to a head. what the leaders do in the bilateral meetings on the sidelines, if they will, could be critically important. no question. you look at russia and ukraine. this is an issue where the american president has not really figured out a solution. they haven t found their common ground to move forward and, certainly on syria, as well. syria is an issue which is accelerating into danger very rapidly. certainly on the issue of refugees coming into europe, but russia s increased involvement. this is a development that the u.s., frankly, is not comfortable with. there s also an open question as to what the u.s. can do about it. russian military personnel and