The President said that prisoner swaps happen at the end of wars.

So if they are not that special, why did they want them back, all five of these in particular?

The Taliban is not holding back. They are still shooting at Americans.

Let me move on to another issue. Of course, this has been mentioned a moment ago about what is going on with ISIL in Iraq and they are gaining in strengthen and so forth.

They have been named in allegations before U.N. tribunals.

Making decisions about timelines that have nothing to do with what is happening on the ground have been very detrimental to the region.

The second part of the announcement, though, where artificially we are deciding that you are going to step down over the next 2 years to zero is something that is unacceptable.

But systemically nothing has changed in the government.

Would you agree that the first two steps were coordinated with al-Qaeda?

I was very concerned that there were people at the White House pushing for a zero number, and I know they were pushing.

But I guess the bigger point that I was trying to----

Thank you both for being here.