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In the attack. our military policy in syria has not changed. our priority remains the defeat of isis. isis represents a clear and present danger and iedia threat to europe and ultimately a threat to the united states homeland. in closing, the syrian regime should think long and hard before it acts so recklessly in violation of international law against the use of chemical weapons. the general will provide further information on the strike. >> thank you, mr. secretary. secretary mattis stated the...

Into broader stry? how does the strike and the positioning of u.s.-backed forces on the ground help in a broader strategic sense. >> the broader strategy is embedded its inside a global strategy and the americans are making very clear that isis is in our cross hairs and thats what our climbed after the campaign in syria is taking. this other effort that came up in the midst had to be addressed because it addresses a vital national interest that bars the chemical weapons not be used and the bar n...

About red lines. i generally shy away from it myself. i recommend assad be rather cautious about violating international law with chemical weapons, i suppose that could be considered a red line. it will not spiral out of town. secretary of state tillerson is in moscow and we maintained communications with the russian military and with the diplomatic channels. it will not spiral out of control. >> what gives you that assurance, the russians have been clear on your rrhetoric. the russians are sayi...

Personnel on the strikes. when the order was received, we targeted the 59 locations and struck 57 of those. we assess that we achieved our stated objective and the regimes ability to generate offensive capabilities from the air field which we assessed was the launching point for this chemical attack has beeny severely degraded. we are paying close attention to the environment and respond as necessary. meanwhile we are focused on the defeat isis campaign. in closing, i want to commend the excepti...

Office? did he read the signal from officials that isis was no longer the top priority? it might be the priority, but regime change was not. are you sending him a new signal? for you, general, you talk about isis remaining a priority, but how prepared is central command to take on additional military targeting? do you feel you know even if you cant say where the chemical weapons are at this point? >> barbara, we believe that assad used chemical weapons several times over the last several years. ...

>> we were expecting a plan this spring and does this delay that in any way and what are your thoughts on finding a way to both the isis war and what should happen in syria with the rest of the campaign that they have been asking for? this has to be a methodical way where we look at each element of it. secretary tillerson had 60 to 68 nations in town with his counterparts. this is not the united states working alone. this is one we will have to

Is it your view that they take additional steps such as creating safe zones or no-fly zones or removing assad from power and the general if you can bring us up to date for sending additional troops to syria. >> bob, the goal right now in syria and the military campaign is focused on accomplishing that by breaking isis and destroying isis in syria. this was a separate issue that arose in the midst of the campaign. the use by the ass regime of chemical weapons and we addressed that militarily and ...

Defeated in mosul and raqqa, are you contemplating maintaining u.s. bases or u.s. base in iraqi kurdistan to check any further resurgence of an isis like group? >> the short answer is we are in consultations with the iraqi government about what the stabilation phase looks like. there have been no decisions, no offers made either way. were in consultation and talking about what the tactical situation will probably look like and you can tell that some of that would be assumptions since we have an ...

Impact u.s. interest as well. breaking isis territorial control over iraq is the key concern and that has to, i think, require substantial, thousands of well organized conventional forces that go and drive them out of their control. >> where would the soldiers be positioned and how many are we talking about here? ball park. >> im a retired military guy. i spent 25 years in the military. me as an individual is not going to map out an entire campaign for iraq. looking historically and logically on...

And americas bottom line. also, donald trump saying something again that would land candidates in big trouble. well play that and ask this time in donald has gone too far. we start though with the latest on the fight against terror in europe where there are new arrest this morning in france. a national day of mourning and remembrance is under way as president hollande returns from his tour. his latest meeting was with the russian meeting what appeared to be an intense meeting at times. hollande ...