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Information. >> but the white house says carter's comments were based on solid intelligence. >> secretary carter said is consistent with the analysis he's received from those who are on the ground. >> on monday vice president biden made a call to al abadie reassuring him on u.s. support and said he recognized the enormous sacrifice and bravery of iraqi forces over the past 18 months in ramadi and elsewhere. today, as iraq released this video of coalition forces distributing weapons to iraqi troops the white house called training and modern weaponry the keys to success. >> when they're receivin...

That it can be held when they do go to make the final push into ramadi the terrorist organization will not be able to regroup afterwards. >> we saw the sandstorm. how is it complicating the fight? >> well it most certainly was making visibility very very difficult. we actually drove through it at one point. you could not see more than a few dozen feet in front of you. there were concerns that isis would capitalize on this and try to launch some sort of counterattack, especially in the areas around ramadi. we did not hear any reports to that degree at this stage, but the weather most certainly ...

She's "outfront" tonight in baghdad. arwa we heard iraq's prime minister saying over the weekend that ramadi will be retaken in days. is he right? >> well that might be a bit optimistic especially if we look at how long it took for battles past when the iraqis were trying to win back cities such as tikrit for example. now, the area that we went to is located between anbar province where ramadi is and just to the northeast. this operation is focused on ramadi yises but also integral to all of it is moving issis out of this massive, vast terrain it controls. the area you were in in particular si...

Isis controls the areas that support isis what does it tell you about the u.s. strategy and how it may need to be adjusted? >> the u.s. strategy in place now for a year simply isn't pushing isis back. isis is consolidating control over the areas it holds, and to successfully defeat them we're going to need competent allies on the ground. this can be iraqi army forces but they will take months if not years to retrain and get competent commanders in place. really what we need are the sunni militia forces that did so much to defeat the forerunner to isis al qaeda in iraq. if we could get weapons ...

Troop surge in iraq in 2007. you heard the secretary of defense, ash carter saying iraqi forces just showed no will to fight. you worked with these soldiers. what did you make of his comments? do you agree? >> you know iraqi troops are brave when well led. and i think this is an issue of leadership not of will. those iraqi forces in ramadi would have stayed and fought to the det if they had commanders they believed in and if the commanders wanted to hold the ground that they were ordered to hold. this is an issue of getting comp tent leaders in positions of command in the iraqi army and then e...