and they know friends and neighbors who have lost loved ones as a consequence of war. no one wants war. so the president says that he will continue on the current timetable as you mentioned, combat troops out by the end of 2014. that caveat he added you are right to note that he said at this stage. they are obviously re-looking at this situation constantly it could change down the road, shep. shepard: presidents don t say anything for no reason that was a reason and we know it as we reported at the top of this newscast, a mighty scary beginning to the defense secretary s trip overseas. that s right. he at an unannounced trip to afghanistan, he lands at a british air field in a truck basically an afghan driver steals a truck, jumps out oof it in flames. initially thought to be an accident, we are now learning that, in fact, it was an attempted attack, unclear whether the secretary himself was targeted. he was unhurt, we should point out, but interesting because it was happening as