Say what hes told me and general dunford, certainly for the military campaign, which is that he wants us to continue to come to him with proposals for ways that we can strengthen the campaign consistent with our overall strategic approach. Sec. Fallon thank you. The United States has been leading the Coalition Since last year against isildaesh. And we are now fully part of that by our extending our operations to syria as well as iraq. Secretary carter has asked other countries, including the United Kingdom, what more they can contribute to the campaign as we move to this new focus on degrading the infrastructure that supports isildaesh. And we will be responding to his letter in due course. So far as russian involvement is concerned, we have said from the beginning, if russia wants to help in syria, where it has influence, it ought to stop propping up the assad regime, help us bring this civil war to an end, stop bombing the opposition groups that have been opposed to assad and start to play a more constructive role in the process of moving syria to a more pluralist future. Question to secretary fallon, could you give us more detail about the british air strikes in syria so far . Also, are we going to see a ramping up of the intensity in coming weeks . Also, on the libya question, secretary carter, do you think its a realistic prospect that ultimately the isis leadership might fall back to libya . Sec. Fallon well, let me start with the first and then hand it over to secretary carter on libya. So far as strikes are concerned, we have doubled our strike force in cypress, moving aircraft cyprus, moving aircraft there immediately after the vote last wednesday. We flew extra aircraft in on thursday. Those aircraft were in action immediately on friday evening. And we have begun a series of strikes, successful strikes, against infrastructure targets, mainly in the eastern in the oil fields, the field in eastern syria. And we you should expect to see more of that, precision strikes, against key infrastructure. The oil well heads, the ammunition depos, the logistics, the command and control, the supply routes between syria and iraq, as we intensify the focus on degrading the support that isil derives from some of these Revenue Streams. With respect to is being isil destroyed in its parent tumor of syria and iraq, were not going to let it fall back anywhere, libya or anywhere else, where it is metastasizing. Were going to combat isil everywhere it appears. It must be destroyed in its birth place of the of syria and iraq. But it is metastasizing to other parts of the world. Well combat it everywhere. Of course, that includes in our own homelands. And so it wont have any place to fall back on. Hi. Thank you. Two quick followups actually and then a question. Secretary carter, you said that the president has continued to tell you to come to him with proposals for fighting isis in iraq and syria. But on the hill this week, you essentially said if you had more options or ideas, you would offer them. What does that mean . Does that mean that theres sort of a stalemate, youre at a logjam here . Sec. Carter no. It means that we constantly develop through new intelligence very importantly new techniques and tactics for attacking isil. Ill give you a few recent examples. The attacks on the oil and other Revenue Streams of isil, our ability to do that in a way that subtracts from isils ability to earn revenues while not affecting the life of ordinary people who are simply victims of kind ofl movement, that intelligence is what allowed us to take these strikes. We constantly develop new opportunities. We also develop new tools. I described earlier in this week something were calling the Expeditionary Targeting force. Thats a new way of being able to get in and strike leadership, key targets, gather intelligence. And i expect in a week, two weeks, six weeks, and so forth for us to be doing more and building more capability and having more and more impact every week. Thats the whole idea. Thats what president obama has asked us to do. And thats what weve been able to do and will continue to do. Mr. Fallon, one quick followup on Vladimir Putin. He also said today that the russians are now supporting the free syrian army. Are you seeing any indication that they are providing any kind of air cover . He also mentioned ammunition and weapons. And secretary carter, my other question for you was about the special forces that are going into syria. John kirby over at the state Department Said this week there are actually a small number in syria already. I know you dont want to get into operational security, and numbers where they are, but can you tell us, now that theres an acknowledgment that they have gone in, are they racing there right now, are they moving in and out . What specifically i mean, these are american troops operating in a sovereign nation at this point. So what can you tell the American People about what they are doing there . Sec. Carter well, im not going to speak specifically about the actions of special forces, especially while theyre ongoing. By the way, minister fallon, and the United Kingdom, has what i think is a very admirable policy of not commenting on the activities of the special forces. So we obviously have them. Theyre extremely capable. We have acknowledged, as indicated, that they operate in syria. I indicated earlier in this week, were prepared to do more. But the specific movements and operations, were not going to be able to describe. Sec. Fallon so far as the russian move is concerned, they began by bombing the free syrian army. Theyre now claiming to be supporting the free syrian army. That is welcome. What theyve got to do is stop propping up the assad regime, stop bombing opposition groups who are opposed to the assad regime, stop dropping unguided munitions on innocent villages and groups, and get behind the political process that is now under way of leading that country to a more pluralist government and a future without assad. Thank you. Secretary fallon, in your expanded campaign against isis, do youne scenario anticipate sending Ground Forces to iraq and syria . In the last week, the u. S. Has announced even more expanded role to seek out isis in countries around north africa, the middle east. Would you consider sending forces to assist in those counterterrorism hubs . And for secretary carter, in the incremental additions that have been made to the u. S. Presence in iraq, at this point, if there are additional troops that would be announced, would those be coming out of the white house, or does the pentagon have the authority to continue to add troops if you deem it necessary . Sec. Fallon on the first, were not proposing to send combat troops back into iraq or into syria. Prime minister abadi made it clear to me that they do not want to see british troops on the ground there, and i dont want to see american troops there. They realize the security has to be achieved in areas that have been liberated from isildaesh by homegrown forces that can enjoy the support and confidence of the sunni areas. That cant be done by western boots on the ground. So far as other countries are concerned, in countries in libya, yes, weve been working for a political settlement there. And if we can achieve a political settlement, which, as you know, is being negotiated at the moment, and theres an International Mission to help provide training and support for it, of course we would be part of that. Were already providing training and assistance to the government of nigeria in its own campaign against the isildaesh franchise boko haram in northeast nigeria. With respect to u. S. Troops in iraq, let me just remind you that we have more than 3500 in iraq right now, doing a spectacular job. By the way, theyll shortly be, most of them, celebrating their holidays there and not here. We all ought to keep that in our mind and take a moment to remember them over the holidays. Obviously, the president is the commander in chief, so everyone deployed is subject to his approval. I write their deployment orders, i think very carefully about every single one. With respect to overall numbers, the president has indicated and shown a willingness to increase that number. Most recently, as weve indicated in the last few weeks, as we develop opportunities to make good use of them. Now, we obviously dont we try to deploy as few people as we can, simply in recognition of the fact that theyre away from their families. But we have to do what we have to do to protect our country and to defeat isil. And the troops know that. And typically, in this season, we bless them for taking it on. Thank you, everybody. Thank you. Michael, thank you. Thank you very much. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] was such an authentic person. I always thought that there was more to the story of lady bird then everybody had covered. She became the first modern first lady. Veryad a big staff, a important project. She wrote a book as soon as she left the white house. She really invented the modern first lady. 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On friday evening, donald trump made a Campaign Appearance in des moines, iowa, where he held a town hall meeting and took questions. Iowa hells holds its president ial caucuses on february 1. This is an hour and 15 minutes. Were not going to take it. No, were not going to take it. Were not going to take it anymore. Were not going to take it. It. We wainaint going to take were not going to take it anymore. Mr. Trump thank you, everybody. This is so exciting. We will do questions. We are doing really well. Iowa has been amazing. We are doing so well and i love this place. Im back here all the time and i will be here a lot in january. [cheering] you are going to be so sick of me. You are going to say we cannot give him the caucus. No, you are going to like me and we are going to do a great job for you. Most importantly, we will get to that office and do the right thing. Were going to do the right thing. So, a few things. So much has happened. When we first came out, we were all talking together and we were talking Border Security which were doing so great with. Were going to build a wall. Mexico will pay for the wall. We all know that. We will have security. The drugs will stop. People will come into the country but come in and be legal. That is the way. That is the way. It affects iowa so much. We are talking about repealing obamacare. It will be replaced. [applause] i dont know if you have been seeing what is happening but obamacare is a total disaster. It is dying of its own weight. By 2017, hell be playing golf and i will be working very hard. You are nottead, getting the people signed up. There has been a lot of talk about it. Obamacare is dead. We will come up with something that will be so good, so much better. Premiums are going through the roof. High, that or so are so unless you were close to death, i dont think youd be able to use it. We will take care of that. By the way, we have a lot of good people. The y is really we have people. [applause] ago and theymonth do a fantastic job. It is so important. It is another form of lets stay away from opec and the middle east stuff. It is so important. Actually, what i dont understand, because the one guy that is doing pretty good with me in iowa is ted cruz. Everything i say, he agrees with. No matter what i say. He agrees. With the ethanol, he has to come a long way because he is for the oil. I understand oil pay some a lot of money. The Oil Companies give him a lot of money. So, im with you. Im with everybody. Look, im self funding. I have no oil company, no special interest. I have no lobbyists that want me. They are representing countries that are ripping off the country. They are representing companies that are ripping off the country. I am working for you. We will make america so great again. [applause] and maybe better than ever before. So important. When we first started, i talked about china and japan and mexico. Mexico both at the border and in trade. Abisco is moving there. Ford is moving there. They took the big plant away from tennessee, a great state. We will do we will get it. We will do what we have to do, ok . Thank you. Look at that group over there. I talk about that a lot. About 2. 5 weeks ago in paris, im speaking a little differently now. I can take care of china in my back pocket. That is easy for me. That is what i do. [applause] we have all the cards. These politicians do not understand. We have the cards. With china, our people pay tax. They pay no tax. They call it a tariff because it sounds better. We will take care of that. What happened is with paris, it is a different mindset. When the polls came out last week, my numbers went way up because people feel more secure with me. Yeah, really. [applause] who knows why . Who knows . But, my poll numbers went up. Whenever there is something i do that is proper, but controversial, they say nows he s done. Thats it. That is the end. I will not go over all the Different Things because maybe you will change your mind. They will say that is it. It is over. And then they come and say, sir, your poll numbers went up nine points this week. They did . [applause] because i have to do what is right. I have to do what is right. You know what . If i dont make it, i dont make it. I have a good life. You all hopefully have a good life. I have a great family, nice people. They love me, i think, i hope. I think. But, i have a great family. I built a great business. Thank you. Who is that person . I love that person. Stand up. I love that person. Thank you, darling. I appreciate it. Spirit no matter where i go. We go to dallas, we have thousands of people. 35,000 people in alabama. 20,000 people in oklahoma. This is supposed to be like a record. It is big, yet it feels intimate. We are going to start taking questions. I just want to say i changed a couple of weeks ago. When i saw paris, i changed. And a big part of what im doing now is safety and security and smartness and smartness. [applause] it is interesting. It is to make America Great again and safe again because we dont feel safe anymore. That welem we have now never had to this extent is the power of weaponry. It is the power, the tremendous power. 100 years ago, i said do not go there anyway i said do not go. You will destabilize the middle east. The fact is right now we have to do things because we have some really, really sick th degenerates. And the press look at all the cameras going. Nobody else has cameras like this. 100 times i make a speech, nobody cares. Look at this. [applause] worry. Nt they have me. That is why im walking around. They never pan the crowd. They never do. My wife, i had a crowd of 7000 people last week more 7000 people in a can finonfined spac. My wife said the speech was excellent. Did you have many people there . I said what . She said they never leave your face. I figured the cameras were screwed up where you could not move it. Anytime there is a protester, and they could be in the back corner of the room, the cameras swoop over there. It is true. It is true. [applause] no, i used to think they could not move. Theyre connected with the crazy computers. In the all days, everything was better. The car seats he would sit in your car, you want to move forward or back, you press a button. Now you have to open up things and press a computer. The same thing with cameras. I didnt think they moved. I figured they were fixed. Then, i saw a protester and those cameras were bent in positions like you would not have believed possible. They are very dishonest people. Not all of them, but most of them. The press is you have one of the most dishonest in your backyard. The Des Moines Register is the worst. [applause] the worst. The worst. Dishonest. Very you have some reporter named jacobs. She is the worst. It is such so misrepresentation. I dont care. Im saying in their backyard. They are failing anyway. They probably will not be in business in two years. The desny, every time Moines Register does a poll, i always do badly. I believe im only doing this so they dont sue me i hope they do because they dont have enough money to sue me. I believe, and i may be wrong, i will say im sure im wrong, but it is my opinion that they dont do it properly. Because they pull like 300 to 400 people, but i believe if they lose 20 people. For