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I'm now joined by leon panetta. he served as secretary of defense and director of the cia under president obama. secretary panetta, nice to see you, sir. let me ask with a very simple question -- is the president's current strategy against isis working? >> well, obviously there's a lot of concern about whether or not we've deployed the resources to be able to accomplish the mission that the president described. i think the mission that he said is the right mission, which is to disrupt, dismantle, and destroy isis. that's the right mission. but i think that the resources applied to that mission...

Are we going to light our hair on fire every time there's a setback in the campaign against isil? >> we know that hope is not a strategy. the president's plan isn't working. >> all right. well that's the debate raging in washington over the u.s. strategy on fighting isis after the fall of ramadi. is the strategy working or not? let's turn to phillip mudd former cia counterterrorism official. good to see you. >> good morning. >> is the strategy against isis working or failing? >> i don't think we can say it's working. we just lost ramadi. remember last summer and last fall we were talking about...

About the final moments of his little boy. an update from boston a little later this hour. ingturning now to overseas. the iraqi forces going on the offensive. military officials sayal soldiers surrounded isis support supporters in tikrit pnd and isis is losing ground in iraq a major boost over the weekend. boko haram pledged allegiance to the islamic state, that could extend over a broader section of africa as well as the middle east. joining me jim miklaszewski. can you see boko haram and isis working together or just a partnership in name? >> an extension of the isis franchise, part of th...

I'm now joined by leon panetta. he served as secretary of defense and director of the cia under president obama. secretary panetta, nice to see you, sir. let me ask with a very simple question -- is the president's current strategy against isis working? >> well, obviously there's a lot of concern about whether or not we've deployed the resources to be able to accomplish the mission that the president described. i think the mission that he said is the right mission, which is to disrupt, dismantle, and destroy isis. that's the right mission. but i think that the resources applied to that mission...

Because of the situation on the ground. that is a major reversal. >> we're following the story from our nation's capitol. good morning, garrett. >> reporter: good morning. the u.s. has roughly 10,000 troops on the ground in afghanistan, and according to senior administration officials the u.s. will keep those troops on the ground through 2016 and into 2017 before cutting that number in half. when exactly that will happen though won't be decided until late next year by commanders on the ground. this decision comes while the taliban is reemerging in afghanistan and beginning to regain some groun...