CNN CNN Newsroom With Fredricka Whitfield December 6, 2015 21:04:00
Response has evolved over time. >> as i've said, rooting out a cancer like isil will not be quick or easy but i'm confident that we can and we will. we will degrade and ultimately destroy isil. in iraq, in syria, american leadership, including our military power, is stopping isil's advance. and we have contained them. they have not gained ground in iraq. and in syria, they'll come in, they'll leave. destroying isil is not only a realistic goal, we're going the get it done. russia is going to recognize the threat that isil poses to its country, to its people, is the most significant and that th...