so-called pivot to asia, that our focus is still so heavily on places like afghanistan, syria, egypt, libya and elsewhere. but at the same time, the vice president has the challenge of assuring china that when we talk about pivoting to asia, we're not seeking a confrontation with china, we're not seeking to unduly constrain china's prosperity growth and even its increase in military sophistication. >> okay. afghanistan, let's get to that with president hamid karzai still threatening not to sign that deal that would keep american troops in his country for years to come. it's hard to believe that we're asking this because it once seemed so unlikely. is the zero option on the table now? could we possibly have zero u.s. servicemen in afghanistan at the end of next year? >> you know, the zero option, i think, is very much on the table whether the administration wants it to be or not. because the american people are really growing tired of this conflict, tired of the loss of life, tired of a corrupt government taking u.s. dollars often out of the country in