casualties by sticking to our transition plan and making sure we have the most effective afghan security force possible got to do it in a way that does not leave our guys vulnerable. deeply concerned about this top to bottom. hopefully over the next several weeks we will start seeing better progress on this front. >> he doesn't care. >> with us now the author of the best selling book, cain at gettysburg, fox news strategic analyst lt. colonel ralph peters. colonel peters, first we're going to get to what happened in the previous segment in just a moment. watching the president today when he showed up this impromptu in the briefing room, when is he asked that question, i'm so glad he was asked it. it's a substantive question. what are we going to do about this? i would liked to have seen a righteous indignation, a little anger on the the president. how does the transition plan