but i don't want to sound polly annish about that because these are trends that are fragile and need to be nurtured every day. >> your predecessor talked about this a lot, whether the the violence in iraq, the gains you've seen over the past year, are irreversible or not. do you share that assessment? you think we've gone over the hump? in mosul, where a lot of recent violence is taking place, do you think the u.s. troops will be able to pull out of mosul -- >> i know we are going to comply fully with our obligations under the security agreement. we signed that agreement and we will absolutely comply fully with it and that means pulling all combat forces out of the cities. and i think what's important to understand is that, in most cities, our combat forces are already out of the cities. so this is not some brand-new model that we're not sure how it's going to work. but to some extent, we've left the best for last, that is baghdad and mosul. i was up in mosul a few weeks ago and, to be sure, it's a city that has a lot of tension in it. to be sure, there are various groups, whether it

i don't think anyone is polly annish about this, but gm will be looking at these decisions and in good faith? >> senator, you have our commitment in that regard. >> all right. and then your situation is that if these people sign the agreements that they then -- the cars you're going to buy back, these cars and parts -- >> in the case of -- if they sign the winddown agreements, they'll sell down over a 16 month period, they'll sell down the cars and the parts. >> and then we -- we don't want to get here, but if they do close down and they do reopen, you won't commit to them that it will be them but they will be in the running? is that what you're saying. my guess is they're going to have a dealership in waco. >> he just guaranteed to senator rockefeller ten minutes ago. >> okay. very good. well, thank you, mr. lopez. i'm just summarizing everything. it is always good to get it once, twice or three things, don't you think, like all those signatures you require when we buy cars. so the -- so the plan here would be that they would be able to be a dealer and we feel we have some profitable