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Lost a quarter of the area that it once controlled in iraq and syria. jennifer griffin works the pentagon for us and is there this afternoon. jennifer, secretary carter seemed to indicate that the united states could be getting more involved in iraq. >> thats right. last week he surprised lawmakers by announcing plans to send a special operations task force to iraq. today he indicated, shep, the u.s. is going to do more in close support from the air. >> the united states is prepared to assist th...

Will we see a slide toward more troop commitments overseas? >> i think the secretary has laid out that he has a very specific footprint that he wants to put over there right now which involves the -- bringing in several hundred more troops. but to do more offensive operations. we already have a pretty big foot print there right now with people who are doing training missions. we may need to expand the training mission in order for those forces, the iraqi, kurdish and other forces to link up with...

Targets, carrying out more than 8,600 air strikes. an estimated 23,000 isis supporters have been killed 3,000 in the last month alone. the "uss harry truman" is headed to the gulf and expected on station in the coming days. 3,500 american troops are currently on the ground in iraq. defense secretary ash carter announced last week he was sending a new special operations task force to erbil. >> we have the long reach that no one else has, and it puts everybody on notice in syria. you dont know at ...

>> important to note the report was commissioned before the presidents -- did what the president said last night address what this report seems to call for? >> i think the president is engaging the american public and trying to understand the dynamics and metrics arent something seen in the news media every day. we now have a special operations task force in iraq thats going to change the dynamic on the ground. were going to start cutting roads and taking terrains and helping other forces behind...

Fighting another ground war in iraq or syria. its more effective to use our capabilities to help partners on the ground secure their own countries futures. >> the president was making the point he wasnt prepared to put boots on the ground to take down the assad regime. thats the quote youve pulled there is a very different situation. but because the responsibility is they have is not to lead the charge to take a hill. but rather, to offer advice and assistance to those local forces. about the be...

Forces to hand them these operations, harris. harris: defense secretary ash carter said well intensify what were doing. here are some drip drip coming in. maybe you can add detail. were putting a-10 tens and f-15s in a base in turkey. what else are you hearing? reporter: i am glad you brought that up. why are warthogs, strike eagles, f-15s on the way to turkey? i believe if you step back for a second, this is part of american strategy to enhance relationships in the region. you mentioned working...

Operations and joint special operations task force deployment to iraq specifically. jason, thanks for joining me. >> thank you, brooke. >> beginning with the notion of anbar province the iraqi military says the occupation is imminent. if the military is saying theyre surrounding ramadi, this is happening, they want ramadi back, given the fact that they lost it, how will they regain it? >> well this is going to be a tough fight. lets make no mistakes about. the secretary of defense points out tha...

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Heavily on our partners on the region. >> the loyalties there, yemen has always been conflicted youve got conflicts within the tribes conflicts between the tribes. you have this proxy war between iran and saudi arabia. we had the best footing there possible. we had a special operations task force that was there, that had to leave and we left about $400 million worth of equipment by the time counting on other nations to come to our aid -- >> tough choices. benjamin collins thank for joining us. ...

Its a brand new hour of american live. im shannon bream in live for megyn kelly. head of an elite special operations task force in north africa when the benghazi consulate was stormed and four were killed. colonel bristol was in a unique position to have knowledge of the military response and whether those men could have been saved. the pentagon blocked lawmakers from speaking to him until now. chief congressional correspondent, mike emanuel is live on capitol hill with more. mike. >> reporter: ...