Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170618:21:24:00
How big of a development is this in the coalition's war against isis? >> i think we need to be careful in talking to this in terms of es c es claer to measure. this was done in defense of syrian democratic forces that the coalition was supporting and has been supporting on the ground. that is a commitment that coalition made a long time ago when we agreed to help the syrian democratic forces on the ground. we made it very clear publicly -- not just to them, but publicly that if they came under fire, if they come under attack, we would come to their defense. so this was a long-standing understa...