>> do they really believe, you were there traveling with the secretary of state john kerry, getting a sense, do they really believe 300 u.s. military advisers are going to make much of a difference? >> short answer is no. is it a definitive difference, no. traveling with the state department officials is this is an administration not in in rush to get involved militarily. they will take their time and be measured about costs and benefits, this kind of thing. even as the syrians and iranians perhaps are more forward leaning, that's not going to change the administration. >> they don't have much confidence in maliki, do they? >> they don't. they won't say that publicly. secretary of state john kerry did say that the u.s. is not in the business of choosing or advocating for particular candidates, maliki included. that said, he made it very clear that it's the u.s. priority to have an inclusive government. u.s. officials are not particularly confident in maliki