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Control and the orange lines under isis influence, and this is the battlefield three months -- two months ago, rather. it's not a big change. and we have seen -- i can't really identify the change there, and we have seen back and forth. yes, coalition and iraqi forces gained back tikrit. it looks like a see saw from abroad. where are the victories and how do you quantify success on the ground? >> first, it's a long-term campaign. it's three yards, hard yards, every single month, month to month and it's going to take years. i was in iraq 11 months ago to the day today when mow sul fell. the cap...

Close to the vest by the big government agencies near d.c. >> let's bring in chris wallace now, host of fox news sunday. i don't feel like we're getting everything. the joint chairman of -- talked about how this city is not essential to the future of iraq and today they say we're about where we thought we would be. are they being straight with us? >> it sure doesn't seem like it. remember, it was a couple of weeks ago when iraq and to a certain degree iran and the u.s. air strikes were able to finally take back tikrit, and that seemed to be the first victory and there were a lot of people here...

Fighting there is still ongoing, erin. all right, arwa damon, thank you very much. ar arwa and her fearless reporting on the ground. i want to go to jim sciutto in washington. dempsey spoke at his first press conference. you heard arwa in iraq give a very different readout of the situation on the ground right? she said they have made significant gains in al anbar province, she is talking about isis how important ramadi is a very different message than we are getting today from the defense department and the president. >> no question jeep dempsey secretary carter said today is that the trend li...

Actually hold the city. they're also concerned about reprisal attacks coming from this shia volunteer army that has been instrumental in winning back tikrit but there are concerns that some individuals within this volunteer army might carry out revenge attacks against those sunni families. we also not just spoke to families from tikrit but others who are living in these makeshift buildings, half-constructed homes. and they say that even though their particular areas were cleared three to four months ago, they're on the way to tikrit they haven't returned back home at this stage either because ...

Tikrit major developments in the iraqi city saddam husain's hometown. it became one of isis' most prized strongholds. now back under iraq's control. iraq's forces have waged their campaign to win back tikrit since isis militants overtook the city last june. still, officials are saying there are ongoing operations to quote/unquote cleanse the remaining outskirts in parts of the province including remaining isis booby traps rigged in homes and government buildings. the joint effort to liberate the city was most notable for how it was led, with iranian-backed militias on the front lines and u.s. ...