Q(uestion): ..General Mattis last week testified on Capitol Hill that his recommendation for the President is 13,600 U.S. forces beyond 2014 when that ends. Where is the President in deciding all of this? And how does it impact it when your so-called partner on the ground, Karzai, is saying these awful things? That‘s got to impact these negotiations, doesn‘t it?

MR. CARNEY: Well, we deal with, in these negotiations, with the Afghan government, and the President will review the options for post-2014.