JIM LEHRER: And now Gwen Ifill examines the American response to the Karzai victory.

GWEN IFILL: President Obama said he would not decide whether to send more troops to Afghanistan until the election was over. Now that it is, will a Karzai presidency make that task easier or more difficult?

For that, we turn to Congressman James McGovern, a Massachusetts Democrat who's called for the U.S. to ramp down its military presence in Afghanistan, and James Dobbins, career diplomat who was a top -- the top U.S. official at the international conference that installed Karzai as president in 2002.

He thinks the U.S. military presence should be increased.

Welcome to you, both.

REP. JIM MCGOVERN, D-Mass.: Thank you.

Congressman McGovern, what is your initial...