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Thanks, Admiral and gentlemen. Uh, we'll take a few questions now. Sir, please for the time to um I want to ask about the Turkish very concerns for Turkey since Turkey obviously has been a supporter. What role will they have and will they have troops who have to be on the ground here?
Well, I think first of all, um, what troops are on the ground in Israel is going to be a question the Israelis have to agree to. Uh, and I'm I'm sure that Prime Minister Netanyahu will have opinions about that. But we think everybody has a role to play here. Some of that's going to be financial. Some of that's going to be in reconstruction. Some of that's just in communication with the various parties to ensure that this deconliction process actually works and is implemented. We're not going to force anything on our Israeli friends uh when it comes to foreign troops on their soil, but we do think that there's a constructive role for the Turks to play, and frankly, they've already played a very constructive role. We're very grateful for that.
And you asked if they've supported Hamas in the past. No one who is a party to this conflict can can look in the past and not point at something that they don't like or that they disagree with. Everybody who's been involved in this conflict can point at one other person. One of these flags can point at another flag and say we hate that person for various reasons. The way that we're going to get to peace is to focus on the future, which is what the president of the United States has asked us to do. And we think everybody here is very willing to do that. and it's very eager to engage that now.