he was not opening up a new avenue or rationa le of action in humanitarian aid. the reason we got in libya was gaddafi's forces was about to enter benghazi and slaughter the rebel and it is u.s. got involved in a humanitarian basis. the president said it wouldn't be our values and watch the slaughter of the people. and it was interesting that josh earnest did not raise that today. he certainly was not eager to raise the possibility of action on a purely humanitarian basis to save hundreds of thousands of refugees. that may still happen. but he was not offering that as a new rationale and still talking about the need of political reform and need to see a new government in baghdad. and so he was not changing the u.s. rational for action in the government. government. it is protecting the christian and minorities that are under the threat of isis in northern iraq. >> we have tens of thousands of soldiers and u.s. troops that fought in iraq. those troops came home now and have a new va system set up as of today. the president has signed the new va reform bill into la