commanders talk about is let's find a way to shrink our footprint to the point where we can still go after insurgents, go after al qaeda, keep the training camps from coming back, and to do that, they've got to keep their relationship open with the afghan government and security forces. they're looking at this plan to shrink down the special operations forces with just u.s. conventional soldiers in support. we're talking fewer than 30,000, maybe fewer than 20,000 people. as early as 2014. that is something that they're all grappling with. how do we keep providing help and keep americans safe from possible attacks without being right in the afghans' face. we'll be following this story throughout the morning. rick santorum is coming off a big weekend win in the kansas caucuses even as the romney campaign claims new momentum, as well, in the race for delegates. on saturday, santorum won the