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Accelerate the defeat of isl, i would be doing it now. homeland security depends liberating raqqah syria, isis self-declared capital a symbol of his power to attract followers around the world. >> there is no plan, no strategy to retake raqqah. as long as they have the caliphate base, then theyre able to orchestrate attacks such as theyve successfully achieved in the last several weeks. raqqah now under heavy assault from russian missile strikes and bombings. he hopes he wont ever have to use nu...

Isil? >> i think that we are building momentum against isil. >> reporter: senators say thats just not good enough. >> soon there is a paris-like attack, would you go back to the presidency and keep the same strategy? >> look, senator, if i had more to recommend to him to accelerate the defeat of isil in syria and iraq, i would be doing it now. >> reporter: carter did say the u.s. would provide apache helicopters and advisors to help iraqis retake the city of ramadi but it depends on libber ratin...

Read human rights. the groups are committing atrocities, ethnic cleansings. i have seen videos that mirror isis atrocities. >> the poor iraqi people. so isis is likely to lose against iran in iraq. and then they will be pushed back into syria, which is their strong hold. >> yeah. which is their caliphate base. nobody is really attacking them in syria other than a few bombings has jordan continued to bomb or just us now? >> >> jordan seems to have wound down some of the air campaign. remember jor...