the occasional attack. these are still countries that are digging themselves out of a lot of war, a lot of conflict. they re dangerous places so they re not going to be perfectly safe even if we were there but we can improve the chances for the afghan people to defend themselves. jim? thank you, mr. president. you re away senators kerry and mccain have a proposal on the senate floor to you the leeway to continue operations in libya for a year. you just said from the beginning it s been an operation limited to time and scope. initially you said days, not weeks. are the american people prepared for this operation with american support continue for a further year? is there any other definition of success that gadhafi being removed from power? first of all, jim, a slight correction. what i told the american people