lothere's a lot to learn, a to gain here. and that's the mission we've been assigned, that's what we're focused on. your question presumes that a decision to strike is coming or that it's inevitable or that it has to be done. and i just don't believe that now.s why we are right to counteression isis, so why not assess the capabilities on the border with syria, that's my question. theou're right, part of mission is to assess isil. i said that at the outset. of them is toone assess isil and that's what they'll be doing. have the numbers of total personnel in iraq with the are going?s that >> well, the president said up advisors. it may not reach that level. to flowassessment teams in there. so as we speak today, there are than 200 that were already assigned to the office of in iraq atoperation the embassy, that we have maintained that basic level of staffing since the combat 2011.n ended in since then, as you know, over the last weekend, we brought in another 170 to assist with static security requirements, the embassy and asso