countries. nobody knows where it s headed. it s just a dramatic time of political upheaval in the middle east and north afr area, perhaps right here the most volatile neighborhood in the world. john, let s talk yemen specifically for a second. we know defense secretary robert gates today said he didn t want to talk about yemen, calling it an internal situation. my question is, is that the official policy on all of the different places you mentioned? well, obviously we re involved, our military is involved in libya, so we have had a pick and choose policy. that s one of the criticisms of the administration. why are they so nervous about yemen? you see some of the demonstrations here. yemen has been a very good u.s. ally. there are special forces operations in yemen. there are fights against al qaeda in the arabian peninsula in yemen. so when the add main ministration sees the demands seetion change, on one hand the president says you have to support the people because they want indi