The United States will begin our final withdrawal, beginning on May 1 of this year. We'll not conduct a H.D. rush to the exit. We'll do it, we'll do it responsibly, deliberately and safely. And we will do it in full coordination with our allies and partners, who now have more forces than Afghanistan than we do. And the Taliban should know that they attack us as we draw down, and we'll defend ourselves and our partners of all the tools at our disposal. Our allies and partners have stood beside us, shoulder to shoulder, Afghanistan, for almost 20 years. And deeply grateful for the contributions they have made to our shared mission, for the sacrifices they've born. The plan has long been in together, out together. U.S. troops as well as forces deployed by our NATO allies and operational partners will be out of Afghanistan before we mark the 20th anniversary of that heinous attack on September 11. But, it will not take our eye off the terrorist threat. We'll reorganize our counter-terrorism capabilities and the substantial assets in the region to prevent re-emerges of terrorists and threat to our homeland, move over the horizon. We'll hold the Taliban accountable for its commitment not to allow any terrorist to threaten the United States or its allies from Afghan soil. The Afghan government has made that commitment to us as well, and we'll focus our full attention on the threat we face today.