some questions. let s listen in. who will be welcomed home tomorrow by his family, by my wife and myself. who died after assisting the close iraqi kurdish allies. the sacrifice and decisive action of this courageous american in support of him comrades reminds us of the dangers that the coalition forces confront in iraq but also of the important assistance to local forces as they lead the fight against a barbaric enemy. i made the decision to assist our kurdish partners after receiving specific actionable intelligence that a mass execution was imminent. as u.s. special operations forces provided air lift support and accompanied iraqi peshmirga,