dunford: general dunford, can you speak to the readiness i could. from my perspective, if you save money on base operating expenses, that money is available for other things. there is also operational flexibility, as well. the less reliant you are on fuel, the more operational you are. that is not only at the level of aircraft and ships and some of the other big programs, but also, if you look at the load of an individual infantryman -- batteries is an example. if you look at the weight our young men and women are carrying around, it is prohibitive. we spend a lot of time trying to reduce the load of individual sailors, airmen, and marines. we have been able to reduce the weight that they carry in batteries alone, which is one of the biggest things that an infantryman has to carry. from a readiness perspective, you save money with fuel. you are able to reinvest that money, and from an operational perspective, both at the platform level and individual service member level, there's a lot of utility to that. as the secretary said, it's got to make sens

general dunford: correct. mr. forbes: did these two documents account for china's aggression in the south china sea? general dunford: not to the extent we've seen it, congressman. mr. forbes: wouldn't it be fair to say if the assumptions that these documents were based upon were invalid or wrong that the strategy would also have been invalid or wrong? general dunford: the strategy needs to be refined and we're in a process of doing that, that's correct, congressman. mr. forbes: and also, general odierno, when i asked him this question right after these were put into place, he said we struggle to meet even one contingency operation and it's based on assumptions and i believe some of the assumptions that were made were unrealistic and positive assumptions and yet these are the two documents that helped guide the president's budget in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. so wouldn't it be fair, general, for us to say that instead of an unstable physical environment, the reason we're in the current situation we're in is because

general dunford: correct. mr. forbes: did these two documents account for china's aggression in the south china sea? general dunford: not to the extent we've seen it, congressman. mr. forbes: wouldn't it be fair to say if the assumptions that these documents were based upon were invalid or wrong that the strategy would also have been invalid or wrong? general dunford: the strategy needs to be refined and we're in a process of doing that, that's correct, congressman. mr. forbes: and also, general odierno, when i asked him this question right after these were put into place, he said we struggle to meet even one contingency operation and it's based on assumptions and i believe some of the assumptions that were made were unrealistic and positive assumptions and yet these are the two documents that helped guide the president's budget in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. so wouldn't it be fair, eneral, for us to say that instead of an unstable physical environment, the reason we're in the current situation we're in is because

general dunford: they did not. mr. forbes: did either of these two documents say our forces will no longer be in iraq and afghanistan? general dunford: they did not. fact, we doand in still have forces in iraq and afghanistan. did either of these two documents assume that we would reset our relationship with russia and that we would be able to cooperate with them? general dunford: we did not foresee russia's current actions in those -- mr. forbes: the assumptions made for these two documents were not with russia? general dunford: with respect to russia, that is correct. mr. forbes: did these two documents account for china's aggression in the south china sea? general dunford: not to the extent we've seen it, congressman. mr. forbes: wouldn't it be fair to say if the assumptions that these documents were based upon were invalid or wrong that the strategy would also have been invalid or wrong? general dunford: the strategy needs to be refined and we're in a process of doing that, that's correct, congressman. mr. forbes:

general dunford, is he right? >> senator, thank you. as a matter of fact, we're in the process right now of reviewing -- >> of reconsidering. >> absolutely. it's a constant process, senator, and the secretary and i have spent a fair amount of time on it just this week with general nicholson and we spent some time with general campbell before he left. we near the process of bundling together some recommendations to bring forth to the president. >> hear dates all the time about when something is going to be decided. now, isn't it a better idea to let conditions on the ground determine what and when -- changes we're going to make? >> senator, i think that's what we did in the fall when the decision was made to keep 9,800 through 2016. >> the two quotes from general austin and general nicholson, have you diskutsdsed with them specifically about the force structure requirements? >> we have, senator. >> okay. have you presented any of the recommendations to the president? >> we have not yet, senator. we're still in the process of liberating t

could you and general dunford talk to those? particularly, you know, the idea of new basing and training arrangements. i think there's a lot we could be doing. i'd like to hear both of you views on that. >> you're right and i'll start and then ask the chairman to chime in. there are opportunities, they are presenting themselves because countries in the region recognize that their region has had peace and stability for 70 years and that is what has given them the opportunity to rise. all the asian miracles, beginning with japan, south korea, taiwan, today india and yes china all of that has occurred in an atmosphere of peace and stability which they know we have played a pivotal part in. and so, there is a greater demand for partnership with us. whether you talk about basing. we are discussing with philippines right now, you may know that their court passed an important milestone recently which allows -- will allow us to do much more with the philippines. we're doing more and general dunford had a key role with australia, particu

dunford: it is simply a function of geometry. they are designed to support forces in an area, and the camp provides effective fire support. this position was selected because the geometry necessary to support that particular location. in regards providing support for iraqi defensive capabilities, to me, there is no inconsistency between what the art hillary did and what our aviation support is doing every single day. i don't draw distinction. we are enabling support to iraqi forces as they conduct operations, exactly what the all -- artillery unit was doing. >> it is a common position now, that after a short. of time, -- after a short period of time, there are still all indications that the u.s. military is directly involved in the ground operations with the iraqis. gen. dunford: even since last week, as iraqis have consolidated their positions, the situation on the ground has changed in terms of where the iraqis are in terms of a relationship with defensive support they are providing to our artillery unit that is there. that has

general dunford, is he right? >> senator, thank you. as a matter of fact, we're in the process right now of reviewing -- >> of reconsidering. >> absolutely. it's a constant process, senator, and the secretary and i have spent a fair amount of time on it just this week with general nicholson and we spent some time with general campbell before he left. we near the process of bundling together some recommendations to bring forth to the president. >> hear dates all the time about when something is going to be decided. now, isn't it a better idea to let conditions on the ground determine what and when -- changes we're going to make? >> senator, i think that's what we did in the fall when the decision was made to keep 9,800 through 2016. so i agree with that. >> the two quotes from general austin and general nicholson, have you discussed with them specifically about the force structure requirements? >> we have, senator. >> okay. have you presented any of the recommendations to the president? >> we have not yet, senator. we're still in the pro

general dunford and i are now prepared to take your questions. we have limited time, but we are prepared to do that. i am going to ask you to respect the fact we're not going to go into further details about how the coalition conducted the operations i mentioned earlier. any more details than that could put lives and our future operations at risk, hinder the effectiveness of our campaign, so we're going to ask you to be restrained in that regard as we intend to be as well. let me ask the chairman. >> i will just join you in expressing my condolence for those affected by the attacks in brussels, in particular, the families of the two americans lost and also to recognize staff sergeant carden, a great lead e who we lost last weekend in operations in iraq. >> mr. secretary, i realize you said you didn't want to go into more details. i was hoping you could confirm this happened in syria, the latest death of the isis senior leader was in syria, and more broadly, can you talk a little bit about, we all saw a lot of al qaeda senior leaders killed repeat

. >> defense secretary ashton carter and joint chiefs of staff chairman joseph dunford today briefed reporters on the us strategy up next, about 30 minutes of that briefing. .. their legacy stands as a reminder of the true price of freedom for us all, and this was an important signature my-ification of the end today of black history month. >>> i also want to note that this week marks the -- as you remember the contributions of our fighting men and women in that war our thoughts are also always with our service members of today, who serve in the same theater. last month, i outliered our strategy to deliver isil a lasting defeat in a speech to some of those service members. when i spoke to soldiers from the 101st airborne in kentucky. i described to troopers the three key objectives of the campaign, which is first to destroy isil, and its parent tumor in iraq and syria and collapse its two power centers in raqqa and mosul. second, to combat the metastasize of the isil tumor worldwide and, third to protect the homeland. many of the troop is smoked to at fort campbell are now rotating in

i'm interested in hearing first from general dunford. the rand corporation published a study, building the army we will need. here we are talking about the eri initiative. rand concludes we'll need three armored brigade combat teams and associated forces to restore credible deterrents. i'm interested to know if you agree with that assessment, and if you don't, then what you think is necessary to restore that credible deterrence. for both the secretary and the chief, i have a bill -- bipartisan bill over 40 co-sponsors now, the posture act which stops the drawdown for the army and marine corps. army, national guard, army reserve and the active duty marine corps and marine corps reserve. assuming that that would come with the necessary resources for operations so that we don't hollow out the force and the compliment of modernization that goes with it, i'm interested in your assessment on how that would impact the risk that we currently have, given the fact that earlier in your testimony today, mr. secretary, you talked about where we are t

defense secretary ashton carter and joseph dunford briefed reporters on the latest strategy to defeat isis. including a new ability by dod to disrupt the use of the internet. from the pentagon, this is 45 minutes. >> listen, thank you. can everybody hear me? thanks for being here. chairman and i really appreciate your being here. look forward to talking to you, both of us this morning. i will start. i just had the solemn honor of laying a wreath at the african-american civil war memorial here in washington honoring the 200,000 african-american soldiers and sailors who served in the u.s. army and navy during the civil war. their service helped to end the civil war and free over 4 million slaves. and their legacy stands as a reminder of the true price of freedom for us all. and this was an important significance of the end today of black history month. i also want to note that this week marks the 25th anniversary of our victory in the gulf war. and express my admiration and thanks to the veterans of that war and their families. as we remember the contributions of our fighting men and wo

dunford: it is simply a function of geometry. they are designed to support area, and the camp provides effective fire support. this position was selected because the geometry necessary to support that particular location. in regards providing support for iraqi defensive capabilities, to me, there is no inconsistency between what the art hillary did and what our aviation support is doing every single day. i don't draw distinction. to iraqiabling support forces as they conduct operations, exactly what the all -- artillery unit was doing. a common position now, that after a short. period, -- after a short of time, there are still all indications that the u.s. military is directly involved in the ground operations with the iraqis. gen. dunford: even since last week, as iraqis have consolidated their positions, the situation on the ground has changed in terms of where the iraqis are in terms of a relationship with defensive support they are providing to our artillery unit that is there. that has changed in the course of the week. in a

woodruff: secretary of defense ash carter and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general joe dunford, spoke this morning at the pentagon about the fight against the islamic state. while hailing operations to kill top isis leaders-- like the one we reported earlier-- they sought to put the longer war in context. >> there's no question that this individual and other individuals we have eliminated have been part of the apparatus of isil to recruit and to motivate foreign fighters, both to return from iraq and syria to countries in europe and elsewhere, and also simply by using the internet and other communications to do so.

chairman dunford and i are now prepared to take your questions. we have limited time to do that, but we want to do that. i'm going to ask you also, please to respect the fact that we're not going to go into any further details about how our coalition conducted the operations i mentioned earlier. any more details than that could put lives and our future operation at risk. so we're going to ask you to be restrained in that regard as we intend to be as well. let me ask the chairman -- >> i just join you in expressing my condolences for those effected by the attacks in brussels this week, and to recognize staff sergeant cardone a great leader that we lost last week in iraq. >> reporter: mr. secretary, i realize you said you didn't want to go into more details, but i was hoping if you could at least confirm if this happened in syria. and more broadly, can you talk a little bit about -- we all saw a lot of al-qaeda senior leaders killed repeatedly over the years, number 3 was killed every six month or so. what do you think this actual death suggests in

chairman dunford are prepared to take your questions. i have to say we have limited time to do that because we have something else we need to do upstairs. but we're going to do that i will ask you also please respect the fact we'll not go into any further details how our coalition conducted the operations i mentioned earlier. anymore details than that could put lives and future operations at risk, hinder the effectiveness of our campaigns. so we're going to ask you be restrained in that regard as we intend to be as well. let me ask the chairman. >> sir, i just join you in expressing my condolences those affected by attacks in brussels this week, in particular families of two americans that were lost. also to recognize staff sergeant cardin by all accounts a great leader who we lost last weekend in operations in iraq. so thank you, sir. >> lita. >> mr. secretary, i realize you said you didn't want to go into anymore details. i was hoping talk about what happened in syria with this latest death of senior leader was in syria and more broadl

. >> after serving at 36th commandant of the marine corps, joe dunford was appointed chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. we met in 2003 colonel commanding combat team 5 on the battlefield in iraq. you have got probably more experience in this war than anybody i know. what has changed over the course of those years between 2003 and now? >> today we're probably dealing with a more virulent strain of extremism in the form of isil. >> is it something that can be contained and defeated? >> it can be and will be defeated. it requires a couple of things, first deny sanctuary and require us to build the capacity of the partners for security with their own borders and require us to cut off the resources, the flow of foreign fighters, undermine the credibility of their narrative. >> undermining isis narrative isn't easy. as fast as one can push the send button, isis propaganda is spread on social media, horrific videos via dabiq the digital magazine. isis claims like all jihadis to follow the paths of islam's founder mohammed who established the first islamic state orac caliphate in the sev

or that the fight is over. >> reporter: dunford said -- more u.s. troops will be needed. >> we'll be discussing with the president to further enable our support for the iraqi security forces. >> commanders asked for several hundred trainers to accelerate the build-up of forces and a dozen or more gun ships to fly missions in support of iraqi key city of mosul. >> secretary and i believe there will be an increase to u.s. forces in iraq in the coming weeks. that decision hasn't been made. >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. >> i'm alex trebek. if you're age 50 to 85, this is an important message. so please, write down the number on your screen. the lock i want to talk to you about isn't the one on your door. it's a rate lock for your life insurance that guarantees your rate can never go up at any time, for any reason. but be careful. many policies you see do not have one, a lifetime rate lock through the colonial penn program. call this number to learn more. this plan was designed with a rate lock for people on a fixed income who want affo

this is a picture of her class amanda dunford. this is a picture of her aboard the u-s- n-s spearhead in the middle of that ship and crew left on deployment at the end of last year. we want to recognize your american hero, but we need your help. send us a their picture and make sure you let us know their name, rank, and a little about what makes them your american hero. email it all to pics-at-w-t-k-r- dot-com -- and we ll honor them right here on newschannel 3 this it was the biggest day in the election so far--we have the results on who won big during on super tuesday. after nearly a year--astronaut scott kelly has returned from his fourth mission in space. let s get a quick check of your first warning traffic and weather. expect scattered showers for your morning commute, especially if you head to work between 5 and 7 am. it looks like we will hit our highs for wednesday around midnight. expect temperatures to fall into the low-to-mid 50s in the afternoon with clearing skies. will be a dry and cooler day. we will see partly clo

general dunford is very specific. he's not advocating the 82nd airborne division or the 3rd marine division to go back on the ground in the middle east. what he's saying is something that i've been saying far long time -- we need to build a regional coalition that includes egyptians and jordanians and turks and sunnis from the anbar province. sunnis, not shiites, because we need to build trust among them. they really are our allies. and, you know, isis wouldn't exist but for obama's 2011 bugout. that's what the troops call it, the obama bugout, back in 2011, when he pulled all u.s. troops out of iraq in the space of a month. the weakness we've shown with the syrian civil war, being unable to tell the iranian government to help, all those have contributed to the suck oesz of isis. as long as isis has a safe haven like in raqqah or certain places like mosul, now in libya, you have as i nut that column i sent to you, there's 13 countries where there are active elements and operational assets of the isis command structure

. >> reporter: carter and joint commander-in-chief chairman general joseph dunford said momentum in the campaign against isis in iraq and syria is now on the u.s. side. >> i think there's a lot of reasons for us to be optimistic about the next several months. but by no means would i say that we're about to break the become of isil or that the fight is over. >> reporter: dunford warned more u.s. troops will be needed. >> the secretary and i both believe there will be an increase to the u.s. forces in iraq in the coming weeks. >> reporter: commanders have asked for several hundred more trainers to accelerate the buildup of iraqi forces as well as a dozen or more apache helicopter gunships to fly missions in support of iraqi troops attempting to retake the key city of mosul. it's a race against time, charlie. the longer it takes to defeat isis in iraq and syria, the more terrorist attacks there are likely to be in europe and the u.s. >> rose: thanks, david. in a recent survey, 60% of american muslims said they faced discrimination in the past year because of their religion. high-from file

. >> reporter: carter and joint commander-in-chief chairman general joseph dunford said momentum in the campaign against isis in iraq and syria is now on the u.s. side. >> i think there's a lot of reasons for us to be optimistic about the next several months. but by no means would i say that we're about to break the become of isil or that the fight is over. >> reporter: dunford warned more u.s. troops will be needed. >> the secretary and i both believe there will be an increase to the u.s. forces in iraq in the coming weeks. >> reporter: commanders have asked for several hundred more trainers to accelerate the buildup of iraqi forces as well as a dozen or more apache helicopter gunships to fly missions in support of iraqi troops attempting to retake the key city of mosul. it's a race against time, charlie. the longer it takes to defeat isis in iraq and syria, the more terrorist attacks there are u.s. >> rose: thanks, david. in a recent survey, 60% of american muslims said they faced discrimination in the past year because of their religion. high-from file terror attacks and anti-muslim

. >> reporter: carter and joint general joseph dunford said momentum in the campaign against isis in iraq and syria is now on the u.s. side. >> i think there's a lot of reasons for us to be optimistic about the next several months. but by no means would i say that we're about to break the become of isil or that the fight is over. >> reporter: dunford warned more u.s. troops will be needed. >> the secretary and i both believe there will be an increase to the u.s. forces in iraq in the coming weeks. >> reporter: commanders have asked for several hundred more trainers to accelerate the buildup of iraqi forces as well as a dozen or more apache helicopter gunships to fly missions in support of iraqi troops attempting to retake the key city of mosul. it's a race against time, charlie. the longer it takes to defeat isis in iraq and syria, the more terrorist attacks there are likely to be in europe and the u.s. >> rose: thanks, david. in a recent survey, 60% of american muslims said they faced discrimination in the paea high-from file terror attacks and anti-muslim rhetoric from some of the

secretary and we look forward to hearing from you and general dunford. thank you for appearing. >> thank you, chairman. senator reed, all the members of the committee, thank you very much so much for the opportunity to be here, for me, the chairman and undersecretary. and above all, for your steadfast support to our dod men and women. all over the world. military and civilian alike who serve and defend us. i'm very pleased to be here. i'm pleased to be here with general dunford and we'll discuss the president's 2017 defense budget and other matters. a budget which marks a major inflection point for the department of defense. in this budget, we're taking the long view. we have to. because even as we fight today's fights, we must also be prepared for what might come 10 and 20 and 30 years down the road. last fall's bipartisan budget act gave us some much needed stability. after years of gridlock and turbulence and i want to thank you and your colleagues for coming together to help pass it. that budget set the size of our budget and with this degree of cert

general dunford, do you think if we put the a-10 in the barn yard before we have a proven replacement, will there be a risk to american lives? >> congresswoman, what we need in the joint force is the ability to deliver close air support effectively. and as you know, it's not just a platform issue. it's a training issue and so forth. as the advocate for close air support and joint capabilities, i absolutely believe that we need a transition plan and there needs to be a replacement for the a-10 before it goes away. >> so you don't agree with us putting it in the barnyard before we even assess whether the f-35 would replace it? >> what i can tell you, we recently met with ula the chiefs, general welch was there to look at the issue of close air support as a whole and to make sure we're looking carefully at the platforms that are introduced, how do we mitigate gaps and if we can't, how does that inform the program in the future. i can tell you it's generated interest in the department and as the proponent for joint capabilities, i can assure you i'll look at this from a close air support

that is what he told me and general dunford, get this done as soon as possible. i would not like to leave this to my successor. that is what the president says a lot about these things. he wants to leave things in a good place. i think that is very responsible as second term -- >> take the pause button off now. next stop. >> okay. just keep going. while we're in the region we have iran, as i said as part of the budget, you try to understand our strategy just think of five things, isil, iran, north korea, china, russia. that's it, right? i talked about isil. with respect to iran, we have the iran nuclear deal which is a good deal so far as deal with the nuclear activities in iran. that doesn't deal with all of the activities of iran and all of its maligning influence in the region. for that we need to continue to stay strong in the gulf, stick up for and defend our friends and allies there in the gulf to include particularly israel. and so there is a lot we're doing in that area also. north korea, i already talked about fight tonight and staying ready there. russi

or that the fight is over. >> reporter: dunford said -- more u.s. troops will be needed. >> we'll be discussing with the president to further enable our support for the iraqi security forces. >> commanders asked for several hundred trainers to accelerate the build-up of forces and a dozen or more gun ships to fly missions in support of iraqi troops attempting to retake the key city of mosul. >> secretary and i believe there will be an increase to u.s. forces in iraq in the coming weeks. that decision hasn't been made. >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. ♪ ♪ >> i'm alex trebek. if you're age 50 to 85, this is an important message. so please, write down the number on your screen. the lock i want to talk to you about isn't the one on your door. it's a rate lock for your life insurance that guarantees your rate can never go up at any time, for any reason. but be careful. many policies you see do not have one, but you can get a lifetime rate lock through the colonial penn program. call this number to learn more. this plan was designed wit

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>> well, first of all, hats off to general dunford who has been there about six months now and i think he's been very aggressive in trying to get as many resources into iraq and also to conduct operations in and around syria as the white house policy would permit. he's stretched out, i think, pretty much to the limits and that's why we're having this successful operation in capturing this man. what we have now is special operations forces in some numbers, that number is classified. they've been there from the beginning in 2014, but they haven't really had a significant ground component. now they have. and they are going to start to pound isis leaders to capture them. we still, as you mentioned or suggested do not have all the resources that we would need to conduct a more effective campaign against isis in iraq or in syria and that would likely change when a new administration gets in, whether it's democrat or republican. >> let me ask you about that because we're talking about the various candidates and their plans for the future. do you hear foreign policy solution out there from any

this comes as the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general joseph dunford described some of donald trump's military proposals as illegal. speaking to the senate armed dunford answered questions from south carolina senator lindsey graham, who did not mention trump by name, but asked about tactics he has proposed. >> what effect if any would this have on the war fighter if we started telling our men and women in uniform to intentionally target civilians, noncombatants, engage in techniques such as waterboarding are more extreme forms of interrogation? >> our men and women, and we should be proud of it, when they go toward the google war with the values of our nation. those kind of activities that you described are inconsistent with the values in our nation, quite frankly, it would have an adverse effect -- as many adverse effects would have, one would be on the morale of the force. frankly, what use testing are things that are not legal for them to do anyway. amy: meanwhile, on the democrat side, president obama reportedly threw his weight behind former secretary of state hillary cli

could you and general dunford talk to those? particularly the idea of nubasinew basing and training arrangements. there's a lot we could be doing. i'd like to hear both of you views on that. >> there are opportunities, they are presenting themselves because countries in the region recognize that their region has had peace and stability for 70 years. and that is what has given them the opportunity to rise. all the asian miracles, beginning, with japan, taiwan, today india and yes china all of that has occurred in an atmosphere of peace and stability which they know we have played a pivotal part in. and so there is a greater demand for partnership with us. when you talk about basing, we're discussing with philippines right now, you may know that their court passed an important milestone recently. which allows -- will allow us to do more with the philippines. we're doing more and general dunford had a key role with australia, particularly our marine rotations. vietnam. who would have thought decades ago vietnam? we're doing more wi

this comes as the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general joseph dunford described some of donald trump's military proposals as illegal. speaking to the senate armed services committee thursday, dunford answered questions from south carolina senator lindsey graham, who did not mention trump by name, but asked about tactics he has proposed. >> what effect if any would this have on the war fighter if we started telling our men and women in uniform to intentionally target civilians, noncombatants, engage in techniques such as waterboarding are more extreme forms of interrogation? >> our men and women, and we should be proud of it, when they go toward the google war with the values of our nation. those kind of activities that you described are inconsistent with the values in our nation, quite frankly, it would have an adverse effect -- as many adverse effects would have, one would be on the morale of the force. frankly, what use testing are things that are not legal for them to do anyway. amy: meanwhile, on the democrat side, president obama reportedly threw his weight behind former s

general dunford? >> good morning and thanks for the opportunity to join secretary carter and secretary mccord in appearing before you. i'd like to begin by echoing secretary carter's comments on the loss of staff sergeant car den. his family and the eight other injured this weekend are in our thoughts and prayers. i'm honored to represent the extraordinary men and women of the joint force. our soldiers, sailors with airmen and marines remains our single most competitive advantage. and thanks to your support, we're the most capable fighting force in the world. i don't believe we should send americans into a fair fight. rather we must maintain a joint force with the capability and credibility to ensure our allies and partners to overmatch any potential adversary. this requires us to continually improve our war capabilities, and develop the leaders who will serve as the foundation for the future. the united states is confronted with challenges from traditional state actors and nonstate actors. the depart

woodruff: secretary of defense ash carter and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general joe dunford, spoke this morning at the pentagon about the fight against the islamic state. while hailing operations to kill top isis leaders-- like the one we reported earlier-- they sought to put the longer war in context. >> there's no question that this individual and other individuals we have eliminated have been part of the apparatus of isil to recruit and to motivate foreign fighters, both to return from iraq and syria to countries in europe and elsewhere, and also simply by using the internet and other communications to do so. even if it's just inspiration, it still takes you back to iraq and syria and the need to eliminate the sources of that inspiration. >> while isil has not been able to seize ground in the past several months, that hasn't precluded them from conducting terrorist attacks, and it hasn't precluded them from conducting operations that are more akin to guerrilla operations than the conventional operations that we saw when they were seizing territory. so, i think the momentu

dunford: we talk about momentum, and it is indisputable. we have made a dent in the resources, affected their control in a way. but there is a lot of work that remains to be done. at the same time, while isil has not seized ground in the last months, that has not stopped them from conducting terror attacks and guerrilla operations. i think momentum is in our favor. there are a lot of reasons for us to be optimistic in the next few months. but by no means, what i say we are about to break the back of isil, or that the fight is over. sec. carter: one final note that i would make, brussels reminds us that he central as the military effort is, and as confident as i am that we will be successful, it is necessary, but there is a critical law enforcement intelligence and homeland security ingredient to this. and there are partners in this fight here and in other countries. brussels is a reminder that that fight is necessary as well, both in european countries than any other country potentially affected by that. with the back, let me all thank you

but, at the same time, you know, we heard today, during the briefing, general joe dunford, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, said outright for the first time, that within weeks, he and secretary carter are going to the white house to ask for more u.s. military troops, in iraq and syria, to fight this war against isis. he said, look, you know, he's not clear what the outcome is, and he said, it's still in the creation phase. they haven't decided yet exactly what number they're going to ask for. but they are going to ask the white house for more troops. >> yeah, and i think the only candidate running for president right now who's even talking about that is john kasich, the governor of ohio. everyone else is pretty skittish about ground troops. thank you so much, jim miklaszewski at the pentagon. >> thank you, chris. >> let me bring in now barry mccaffrey, retired four-star general. general, what do you make of this operation? this has sort of an israeli feel to it, rather than a big power. is this what we're reduced to, this kind of warfare? small-scale intricate operations, rath

. >> reporter: carter and joseph dunford said momentum against isis in iraq and syria is on their side but striking leadership is necessary leaders can be replaced. >> i think a lot of reasons for us to be optimistic about the next -- the next several months. by no means would i say we are about to break the back of isil or the fight is over. >> reporter: dunford said more u.s. troops will be needed. >> we will discuss with the president in the coming weeks to >> reporter: they have asked for several more trainers of soldiers to build up the forces and gunships to fly mission in support of iraqi troops attempting to retake the key city of mosul. >> secretary and i both believe that there will be an increase to the u.s. forces in iraq in the coming weeks. but that decision hasn't been made. >> reporter: u.s. officials, including dunford and secretary of state john kerry, are saying that isis' losses on the ground in iraq are fueling the push for attacks elsewhere like what we saw the past week in brussels which for the terrorist group highlights a show of strength and vast network it's

. >> reporter: carter and joseph dunford said momentum against isis in iraq and syria is on their side but striking leadership is necessary leaders can be replaced. >> i think a lot of reasons for us to be optimistic about the next -- the next several months. by no means would i say we are about to break the back of isil or the fight is over. >> reporter: dunford said more u.s. troops will be needed. >> we will discuss with the president in the coming weeks to further enable our support for the forces. >> reporter: they have asked for several more trainers of soldiers to build up the forces and gunships to fly mission in support of iraqi troops attempting to retake the key city of mosul. >> secretary and i both believe that there will be an increase to the u.s. forces in iraq in the coming weeks. but that decision hasn't been made. >> reporter: u.s. officials, including dunford and secretary of state john kerry, are saying that isis' losses on the ground in iraq are fueling the push for attacks elsewhere like what we saw the past week in brussels which for the terrorist group highlight

did you and general dunford talk to those, particularly the idea of new basing arrangements. the idea of new training arrangements. i think there's a lot we could be doing and i would like to hear both of your views on that. >> you are absolutely right. i will start and the chairman can chime in as well. there are opportunities. they are presenting are presenting themselves because countries in the region recognize that their region has had peace and stability for 70 years and that is what has given them all the opportunity to arise. all the asian miracles begin with the japan, south korea, taiwan, southeast asia, today india, and yes china, all has occurred in the atmosphere of peace and stability which they know we have played a pivotal part in. so there is a greater demand for partnership with us. when you talk about basing, we are discussing with philippines right now, they know their court passed an important milestone recently which allows us to do more with the philippines, where doing more and general dunford had key role in this with australia, particularly our marin

. >> reporter: carter and joseph dunford said momentum against isis in iraq and syria is on their side but striking leadership is necessary leaders can be replaced. >> i think a lot of reasons for us to be optimistic about the next -- the next several months. by no means would i say we are about to break the back of isil or the fight is over. >> reporter: dunford said more u.s. troops will be needed. >> we will discuss with the president in the coming weeks to further enable our support for the forces. >> reporter: they have asked for several more trainers of soldiers to build up the forces and gunships to fly mission in support of iraqiro attempting to retake the key city of mosul. >> secretary and i both believe that there will be an increase to the u.s. forces in iraq in the coming weeks. but that decision hasn't been made. >> reporter: u.s. officials, including dunford and secretary of state john kerry, are saying that isis' losses on the ground in iraq are fueling the push for attacks elsewhere like what we saw the past week in brussels which for the terrorist group highlights a s

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could you and general dunford talk to those, particularly the idea of new basing arrangements, new training arrangements? i think there is a lot we could be doing, and i would like to hear both of your views. sec. carter: you are absolutely right. there.re opportunities they are presenting themselves because countries in the region recognize that their region has had peace and stability for 70 years, and that is what has given them all the opportunity to rise. miracles,ian beginning with japan, south korea, taiwan, southeast asia, today india, and yes, china, all of that has occurred in an atmosphere of peace and stability, which they know that we had played a pivotal part in. there is a greater demand for partnership with us. when we talk about basing, we are discussing with the philippines right now. you may know that their court passed an important willtone recently, which all i was to do more with the philippines. and australia, particularly our marine rotations in australia. vietnam. who would have thought that decades ago we are doing more with vietnam? week thank you, because we have

you heard in a briefing that was led by secretary carter and general dunford on friday, talk about the important progress we've made against isil in iraq and in than six, a number of leaders of that organization, and many other capability including the ability to finance their operations has been significantly weakened by steps have been taken by the united states military and our coalition partners over the last few months. that's an indication of an important progress but the president's key understanding here is that our success is going to depend upon the ability of our partners around the globe to take action to protect their own countries and to fight extremism in their own countries. and we certainly have more work to do to get that done. the united states cannot be the worlds policeman. but our national security is going to depend on the building of our partners to protect their own countries, and that's what the united states is going to be very supportive of the pakistani government as they confront the threat from extremism. and they're not going to do that at our urging. ag

as chairman dunford noted earlier this week, the momentum of the campaign is now clearly on our side. the united states military will continue to work intensively with our coalition partners to ourd on this progress as counterparts throughout our government works to defend our homelands at the same time. , yesterday ie ,poke with my saudi counterpart their defense minister. agreed -- president obama's participation in a leader summit there the following day, this will be an important form on brussels last month. and to strengthen defense partnerships. during the 2015 u.s. gg -- please respect the fact that we are not going into any further -- ils couldre details than that put lies and our future operations at risk under the effectiveness of our campaign. we are going to ask you to be restrained in that regard as we tend to be as well. condolences for the attacks in brussels and particularly to the families of two americans that were lost. great leader we lost last week in and operations in iraq. thank you. >> relies you said you didn't want to go into any more details. the senior lead

so what general dunford said is that basically putin lied about why he came to syria. if he's leaving syria, the job against isil is far from done, but i think you know that, senator mccain, the job of propping up assad has been accomplished. so what general dunford said is the reason that putin came into syria was not to destroy isil but to help his stooge, his puppet assad. he believes he has achieved such military superiority on behalf of assad by bombing the people that we have trained that he can now leave. so at the end of the day, he's not leaving. there is a naval base and air force base will be in syria, he said we're withdrawing our forces, but of course we will have a naval presence and an air base. so here's what i would say, that he, if he needs to help assad in the future, he will. geneva has become a joke. there is no way you're going to negotiate a successful agreement when assad is backed by russia and iran. the opposition has been abandoned by the united states and the free world. the russian president has bombed the people the american president trai

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