chemical weapons again. we support our diplomats who are working to set the conditions for the united nations backed geneva process to succeed, and we look forward to working with the united nations envoy to syria, stephan de mistera in an effort to maintain transparency. mckenzie will provide a detailed overview of the actual operations. general mckenzie? >> i'm going to just talk about the military details of the strikes that we executed last night. could i get the first graphic up, please? as you've heard from the president of the united states and directly in this room from secretary mattis and dunn ford, the united states, the united kingdom and france, three of the five perminent members of the u.n. security council conducted a coordinated strike in response to the syrian use of chemical weapons. this combined military strike was directed against three