shared with me both when i saw them in moscow some years ago and on their trip here to the united states about the intensity of these campaigns, these jihadist campaigns and the threat that it that it s expanding across the region. i think we re going to see mo cooperation. i know today you had a hearing on the role of chechnya in terror, as you mentioned. the mother of the two brothers was added to the. it i.d.e.s, the terrorist oitds data base in 2001. it s one of several we have to track potential terrorism. same time that her son, tamerlan s, name was added to that. as you re probably aware, she has told cnn the bombings were fake, that the blood was paint. and i just ask you this female terrorists are not unknown in chechnya. the black widows was a well-known group. as you re aware, they were involved in the 2002 moscow theater siege with 115 hostages. and the horrible, the bsylan
thing. question about our pace of withdrawal whether we ll we ll keep momentum up and whether it s leads to effective pakistan cooperation. kelly: and in terms of hamid karzai the president o cooperation. kelly: and in terms of hamid karzai the president of afghanistan might anticipate, he is saying today that dealing with the taliban is basically useless. they keep coming and killing. where do i find peace? what does that do in terms of dealing with not only afghanistan the military role but a diplomatic role so it can move forward to a new kind of democracy there? it s unfortunately a very difficult situation that president karzai faces. there are a lot of people in washington that are critical of him. i don t find it terribly constructive. his skepticism about the process is justified here.