Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Schmidt, for coming before the committee today. It's a pleasure to hear your candour on some of the issues and I appreciated your comments.
I'm just going to ask you a quick question here. I'm sure that most people are encouraged by the recent news that Iran is taking the six powers' incentive package seriously and is apparently willing to consider giving up its atomic weapons program. I'm wondering if you could give us your sense of how this positive development may affect your country's foreign policy goals in that particular region, the region in which your troops are currently deployed.