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July the 12th. back to you. >> chris christie throwing his hat into the ring. >> i don't want to be the most popular guy who tries to figure out what you want to hear, say it and do something else. when i stand up on a stage like this in front of all of you there is one thing you will know for sure. i mean what i say and i say thatwhat i mean and that's what america needs right now. >> the 14th gop candidate making the announcement at his old high school in livingston new jersey. christie says he's ready to tackle the tough issues. he looked at his plan to take down isis on "hannity"." >> we h...

Sustainable way by ourselves, and ultimately whatever victories we hope the iraqi achieve will have to be sustained by the iraqis but we under resourced the strategy. we need to provide more stuff for training and advising down to the battalion level than at the division level, and we need to provide more intelligence -- >> why haven't they done that? you dealt with the administration and dealt with the national security team. why not? >> i think there is a major hesitation to get too deeply involved in iraq again, and then i think there is you know a lot of americans are worried about that. t...

And he says u.s. forces need to play a greater role on the ground in iraq. >> i think that they do need to at least revisit the rules of engagement for our troops. for the troops that we have there. i think that we need american forward air controllers and spotters for the aircraft. attacks. and i think we need -- more flexibility for the use of special forces. and, i think we need to have embedded american trainers with the iraqi security forces, the anbar tribes, and with the, the kurds, down to at least a battalion level so we can, can help them be more successful. >> robert gates there. ca...

Thinking it won't matter to us. we're going to have to send some of our troops back over there, to partner with iraqis and arab armies making sure these radical islamists don't hit us here at home. there is no easy way forward. no way to win the war without some of us over there doing the fighting so they don't hit us here at home. >> still 3,000 military personnel in iraq. you want a lot more. how many troops do you want there? >> enough to partner at the battalion level. >> how many thousands? >> about 10,000. i think about 10,000. >> you think 10,000 troops would make a meal difference? >> ...

Combat troops, we can and enhance our way with the sunni tribes with the way we've had dealings in the past. i don't think we will serve our interests or the interests of any of the concerned parties with a large conventional military force on the ground, combat troops, no. but the real weakness of the iraqi army as i see it, i defer to the expertise of general zinny here, the real weakness is a tactical weakness. they have bad tactical training. managing and keeping them there at the battalion level i don't think there be enough. >> general zinny, how do you interpret the collapse of the iraq...