Senior Officials Hold a Background Briefing

STAFF: Great. All right, everyone. Thank you so much for joining us today. Good afternoon. Again, this is Sabrina Singh, the Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary. I'll be facilitating today's background call. As a reminder, today's call is on background. I will call on as many reporters as possible — I know we have many questions — in the time that we have allotted. So we'll — we'll please ask that you keep your follow-ups to a minimum, and please keep your microphones on mute unless you're asking a question. And with that, I will turn it over to our Senior Administration Official, followed by our Senior Military Official. SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: OK, thank you. The humanitarian situation ...