our embassy and personnel operate ning inside of iraq. the president and i have no greater priority than the safety of our men and women serving overseas. so i ve taken some steps to relocate is some of our embassy personnel and we ve sent reinforcements to better secure our facilities. second, at my direction, we have significantly increased our intelligence, surveyance and reconnaissance assets so that we ve got a better picture of what s taking place inside of iraq. and this will give us a greater understanding of what isil is doing, where it s located and how we might support efforts to counter this threat. third, the united states will continue to increase our support to iraqi security forces. we re prepared to create joint operations centers in baghdad and northern iraq to share intelligence and coordinate planning to confront the terrorist threat of isil. through our new counterterrorism partnership fund we re prepared