that there will be a free, fair, and credible election in venezuela. they understand, of course, that ma dduro is the front-runner. and they say they re open to what one senior administration official called to me a more constructive relationship with the venezuelan government. they believe it is, quote, counterproductive to be at odds. and that s why this expulsion of these military attaches was not welcome news by the administration, wolf. did they say anything about whether or not the u.s. will send a high-level, mid-level, low-level representative to the expected state funeral of hugo chavez? no, we didn t talk about that. we talked about this, the expulsion of these military attaches they flatly deny that these attaches were an improper activity? and quite honestly, their interpretation of this is that maduro doing this is not a sign of strength, that they ve lost a charismatic leader in chavez, and that they need to sustain