Ashton Carter actually said...

I have consistently emphasized to them that they have a unique role, here, and also, insofar as they're concerned about Iran.

I very much would like, and we would very much welcome--and we've repeatedly said this--working with those countries on the ground.

Ramadi needs to be retaken, and the way to do it is to have a force under the competent command and control of Iraqi Security Forces command...

In order to have what you're correctly identifying as the end state that will keep the peace in the long run, there has to be, first of all,...