 Secretary of Defense Ash Carter spoke in Baghdad Monday. He made remarks on increasing the amount of troops deployed to Iraq in efforts to help springboard the Iraqi offensive in Mosul. And I'm pleased to report today in that connection that we agreed for the United States to bolster the Iraqi efforts to isolate and pressure Mosul by deploying 560 additional troops in support of the ISF and especially at the Kiar-West airfield. And with these additional U.S. forces I'm describing today, we'll bring unique capabilities to the campaign and provide critical support to Iraqi forces at a key moment in the fight. The Prime Minister of Iraq Haider al-Badi reaffirmed with Defense Secretary Ash Carter that his goal is to accomplish this mission within the next year.