in iraq, turkey, abu dhabi, u.s. troops are not special operatives, are not on the front lines. they're also embedding. that means they're up there with the peshmerga, with iraqi counterterrorism forces. they're working closely but they're insisting they won't be part of a holding force in mosul, tamron. >> the other story you were able to get secretary carter to respond to is one we've reported, "l.a. times" has for some time now, veterans who signed up for wars in iraq and afghanistan, they received bonuses. and then suddenly were told they needed to pay back that money. outrage from both republicans and democrats on this. what did secretary carter say? >> well, here in brussels, he's just announced he's going to be suspending the payback of these bonuses. that doesn't, however, mean this is totally in the clear. they have a process in place. as secretary carter told me this morning, they do think there may have been a little bit, at least