Well, the message to voters back home is that he is focused on being a strong, effective commander in chief. He's going to rehabilitate our image across the world.

I'm here today to endorse Hillary Clinton's campaign.

I for one have concluded that a greater sense of urgency is in order here on their part or it's just not going to work.

We think we can do somewhat better over the next 10 years and substantially better over the next 20.

I appreciate your candor in that regard.

I would encourage you to focus on whatever leverage we have.

This is a legitimate concern for them. They feel that northern Iraq is being used as a safe haven for terror groups to launch attacks on them.

I would encourage you to have--and I'm sure you will--a particularly realistic view of the Iraqi political leadership.

There is that history we bring to this.

Otherwise I am afraid the Iraqis will not take us seriously and the American people will conclude without consequences this really is more of the same.

I think the best thing we can do to support the morale of our troops and defeat our adversaries is to have a policy that maximizes our chances for success.