>> the iraqi military is really tied up around the ramadi area, the baiji area. they are splitting the territory within iraq as per their greatest concentration of forces. they're trying to build greater cooperation and coordination. the iraqi ambassador here says they're going to set up a point man, a military chief who would be talking to the coalition and representing the iraqi army, the kurds, and the sunni fighting forces. but we haven't seen that yet. so it's a forcing function. this fight for territory that's going to make them cooperate but so far they haven't demonstrated real coordinated cooperation in an effective way on the battlefield. >> that's so frustrating, as you know, to u.s. officials because when the u.s. left iraq, they supposedly left an iraqi military, security forces of about 300,000 troops. so many of them have simply abandoned their positions. right now, there's no signs i see -- maybe you can update us