Our mission to train, advice assist and help build the capacity of iraqi forces. Our Global Coalition is also helping shape the burden of the campaign with nearly all of our Coalition Partners funding their own contributions. With the president s special envoy for our counter isil coalition, john allen, general allen is in the lead as we coordinating the coordination strategy across all lines of effort with our partners. As a coalition and as a nation, we must prepare for a long and difficult struggle. There will be setbacks, but we are seeing steady and sustainable progress. Mr. Chairman, thats an important part of answering the questions we have. The questions we have about our own strategy we ask ourselves, the questions you have about our strategy can we sustain it . Can it be sustained after at some point we leave . That is a critical component of our strategy. Asking that question and answering that question. Were seeing steady and sustainable progress along dods two main lines o