Rounding out his meetings with top IDF officials, Defense Minister Ehud Barak met with current IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi and expressed his appreciation for the work Ashkenazi has done on behalf of the army. Barak said that he had full faith in Ashkenazi's performance and would continue to have that faith as long as the current Chief of Staff remained on the job. He added that he was positive Ashkenazi would give all help necessary to his incoming replacement Yoav Galant.