chinese about a role they might be able to play. we ve had discussions with the russians about the role they could play if they choose to. and certainly reasonable players in the gulf. gcc member countries are very interested in seeing this area in afghanistan stablized as well. so there are a lot of partners out here on the troop that i think will have important roles they can play. ultimately it comes down to the two parties. the afghan government and the taliban representatives. thanks, mr. secretary. going back to pakistan, officials for quite some time, democratic and republican administrations have tried to get the government to stop giving safe haven to the network terrorist group. what leverage do you think you have? well, i think it s obviously we have some leverage that s been discussed in terms of the amount of aid and military systems we give them, their