secretary hagel el has set up a task force here at d.o.d. to examination options. no decisions have come out. i have nothing to announce about that today. that said, we do continue to help the iraqi government in baghdad conduct those kinds of resupply missions, in some cases actually flying their equipment up to the north where it needs to get. and we have been encouraged by the assistance of international partners like the u.k.. i also want to take the opportunity today to thank albania. they have now come forward and offered to conduct resupply missions for kurdish forces, which again we are very grateful for. >> admiral, can you help me understand what it means when they say they cannot rule out air strikes? >> the secretary didn't rule anything in or out. i think he said that all options remain available, and they do. i'm not going to speculate about where that might take us, justin. i think you can understand why we wouldn't do that. >> on the foley operation, there was a suggestion from at least one member of congress today that the president or that the whi