active sanctuaries across the board. let s move from afghanistan to iraq now, sir, with the vice president making the surprise visit to the country this holiday also visiting with the troops in iraq, he s there while the country s leaders in iraq remain deadlocked after the l k elections. how does it affect our mission there? it s a shameful situation. this is the vice president s fifth time going to iraq. president obama given him the lead. he s a skill. experiences diplomat. he s trying to nudge these people into forming a government. we re going to the end of august, we re down to 50,000, 60,000 troops. in theory, by next summer we re out of there and these people can t bringing to a consensus among the warring factions. it goes beyond that. allawi who in theory should be lead and forming a government, being countered by mali ka