Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has made the case in Washington that the Iraqi people won't accept coalition boots on the ground in the fight to defeat Islamic State militants.
He's on his first official visit to the United States as PM, spending the two days focusing on security, trade and the global economy.
Visiting the Arlington War Cemetery in Washington DC, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull paid tribute to America's fallen troops as a 19-gun salute boomed out over thousands of white stone war graves.
Fresh from his weekend visits to Iraq and Afghanistan, he's focused largely on the military efforts needed in the battle against the self-proclaimed Islamic State, also known as ISIL or Daesh.
In a keynote speech at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Mr Turnbull spoke of the need for ground forces in Iraq in order to defeat I-S.
