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I've had a lot to say about that this week. let me reiterate. the united states has led. isil lost about 40% of the areas controlled in iraq and losing territory in syria. as we keep up the pressure, our air campaign will continue to hit isil harder than ever. taking out their leaders, hair commanders and their forces. we're stepping up the support for partners on the ground as they push isil back. our men and women in uniform are carrying out their mission with a trademark professionalism and courage and this holiday season all of us are united in our gratitude and thankful for their familili...

Lead a global coalition in our mission to e destroy isil. isil lost 40% of the populated areas of once controlled in iraq and it's losing territory in syria. . as we keep up the pressure, our air campaign will continue to hit isil harder than ever taking out their leaders, their commanders and their forces. we're stepping up our support for partners on the ground as they push isil back. our men and women in uniform are carrying out their mission with a trademark professionalism and courage and this holiday season all of us are united in our gratitude for their service and we are thankful to th...

Specific enough to act in advance. the president also emphasized that the number of air strikes is up suggesting progress in the fight against isis. >> we're hitting isil harder than ever in syria and iraq. we are taking out the leaders. our partners on the ground are fighting to push isil back and isil has been losing territory. >> the number of air strikes is a meaning less measurement. what's more important or meaningful is an adversary resilience. we know the analysts were pressured to change how they measure progress and go to this numbers based game, if you will. >> very interesting. tha...

Terrorism. including lone actors and small groups of terrorists. like those in san bernardino. because they are smaller, often self-initiating, self-motivating, their harder to detect. and that makes it harder to prevent. but just as the threat evolves, so do we. we're constantly adapting, constantly improving, upping our game, getting better. today, the mission to protect our homeland goes on, on their main fronts. first, we're going after terrorists over there where they plot and plan and spew their propaganda. as i described at the pentagon, we're hitting issel harder than ever in syria and...

Committed, they can work in coordinate with our airpower they can push isil back. the secretary of state is in vienna right now, the iranians will they have to agree to everything you agreed at lusanne in order to reach an agreement? >> yes. there's a lot of speculation about our position. we had a framework there, the president has been clear about his bottom lines. there must be the necessary inspections and transparency to verify that agreement. if we can't reach those bottom lines, there won't be a deal. if we can, that would be good for our security and the security of the world. >> ben...