I think all they were doing was talking to the troops and letting them know what to expect,

In the last 10 months, what kind of progress have we seen?

The President will continue to speak and then he'll go into his questions.

I'm going to ask somebody to grab those two water bottles against the wall and move them out of the camera shot for me.

This is an important time. The president is looking forward to having just a conversation with you.

His issue is one of content that is not appropriate.