focus on training, advising, assisting iraqi forces in a counterterrorism capacity to deal with islamic militants us are out there. it is essentially what they been doing. there are really combat soldiers in the country or at least there are not soldiers doing combat missions to a great extent. this may not reduce the troop numbers very much, it is essentially rebranding what the us forces are doing there right now. as what the us forces are doing there riaht now. ., ,, what the us forces are doing there riahtnow. ., right now. a different approach to what we saw right now. a different approach to what we saw in right now. a different approach to what we saw in terms right now. a different approach to what we saw in terms of - right now. a different approach to i what we saw in terms of withdrawing of us troops from afghanistan, much more clear in terms of what is happening there. and not that kind of overnight process that we saw with us troops leaving afghanistan. and m
us ending its combat mission there in iraq. he was meeting with the iraqi prime minister at the white house. president biden said that the us role in iraq will shift to a devising and training iraqi forces. around 2500 us troops are in iraq supporting local security forces in their fight against the remnants of their fight against the remnants of the islamic state group. president biden was asked how he expects the relationship with iraq to change and how many us troops will be there by the end of the year. so this is what he had to say. we the end of the year. so this is what he had to say- he had to say. we will be talking a lot, or he had to say. we will be talking a lot. or for he had to say. we will be talking a lot, or for ministers, he had to say. we will be talking a lot, or for ministers, our - he had to say. we will be talking a lot, or for ministers, our cabinet i lot, orfor ministers, our cabinet ministers lot, orfor ministers, our cabinet ministers have been talking.
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mosul. the last remaining isis stronghold in iraq. last week i traveled to baghdad with defense secretary jim mattis. his top commander in iraq says american troops are fighting closer than ever to the front lines. it is true that we re operating closer and deeper into the iraqi formations. we adjusted our posture during the east mosul fight and we embedded advisors a bit further down into the formation. he also said today that the u.s. has had conversations with the iraqi government about the u.s. and nato having a long-term presence in iraq training iraqi forces. so we will learn more next week when defense secretary mattis presents this plan to the president. bill: no one has said the battle over mosul will be easy but it is progressing. if you beat isis in mosul, is there a feeling or belief that