We can help secure the future of our nations and the world for generations to come. thank you. the. thank you, david. so we ve got questions from each respective press corps. we ll start with ari shapiro of npr. thank you, mr. president. given the extraordinarily difficult circumstances in afghanistan from the last few weeks i wonder what makes you confident that two years from now when the last troops leave it will be better than it is today? and i wonder if you could also talk about the pace of withdrawl, whether you see something more gradual or speedier? and mr. prime minister, you and the president take very different approaches to economic growth where you emphasize more austerity measures. the president focuses more on stimulative measures and i wonder whether you could explain your approach is likely to create more jobs than president obama s approach. thank you. well, first of all on afghanistan, i think both
This transition in a way that doesn t result in a steep cliff at the end of 2014 but rather is a gradual pace that come mow dates the developing capacities of the afghan national security forces. although you asked it to david i want to make sure that i just comment quickly on the economic issues because this is a question that that david and i have been getting for the last two years. we always give the same answer but i figure it is worth repeating. the united states and great britain are two different economies in two different positions. their banking sector was much larger than ours. their capacity to sustain debt was different than ours. the, and so as a consequence each of us are going to be taking different strategies and employing different
There, we re looking at, it is inconclusive, when it comes to the benefit for the heart. we need further studies to find out about this. why is it important? the task force in february will make an announcement about what kind of dose, who should be taking it and the final recommendations, which is really great because there is a huge debate about vitamin d and our health. you have to understand, there are two categories here, people who are vitamin d deficient and people who aren t. and i want to emphasize, previous studies have shown if you are vitamin d deficient you have a risk of heart disease and stroke and a problem if you are on dialysis or have kidney problems. it is definitely good for the bones, everything david said, good for preventing certain kinds of cancer and the question is, many of us have climates where we don t get enough sun and as we get older we don t have enough vitamin d and, i check every patient and if it is low i replace it and do we get enough in our foo