Reception than what we saw for the Prime Minister of israel a month ago. Well notably, joe biden assumes that ceremony position in joint sessions of congress such as the state of the union, a familiar scene behind the speaker or the individual who is addressing the chamber, in this case of course ashraf ghani. A scene we did not see three weeks ago when Benjamin Netenyahu was here to make his speech to the congress against the Iranian Nuclear deal. Also joining us this morning is a Senior National security fellow at the new american foundation. Thanks for being with us. The president saying more than 9,000 u. S. Troops are going to stay in afghanistan through 2017. Should we brace ourselves for a troop presence like we see in japan or korea in well right now were only talking about this for the next year. Its very unclear what that means for troop levels in 2017. But clearly, i think events both in afghanistan and in iraq where the troop levels are often rightly or wrongly compared has