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Iraq. our soldiers are fighting and fighting like never before, and the results are very, very good, so i just wanted to let everyone know. >> all right. he says the results are very, very good. our soldiers are fighting and fighting like never before, but, remember, the u.s. has been -- has had troops in iraq, what, since 2003, since the second gulf war that liberated iraq from saddam hussein, and, what, we lost about 3,000 u.s. troops, tens of thousands came home severely injured. we used to have 150,000 troops fighting there. the point that he's saying they are fighting like never before, y...

Mid-2014. and we're just now learning about it. think about this happening in the u.s. do you have confidence that if this were happening in the u.s. that u.s. intel and law enforcement would have gotten on its sooner? >> i think when you lack at how these pilots how they're saying they were recruited through social media, we've heard also recently news in different parts of the united states the reach of isis has gotten really predominantly through social media. it goes back to the call to action i and many others have had to crack down on their ability to reach tens of thousands, hundreds of...

Opcw is an important organization working on the ground to help get rid the world of chemical weapons. i want to congratulate them on the much deserved global recognition. that's shows how gracious she is and also opcw they are around since 1997, trying to help the world get rid of its chemical weapons stockpile. since its decrcreation, thabl b able to report 70,000 tons of chemical weapons throughout the world and 80% of it. right now the biggest goal is to help syria get rid of their stock by mid-2014. even they were shocked about the recognition. let's listen to what they had to say. >> thi...

Is equipment, military hardware, but also needs to be destroyed inside of that country and we are hearing that there is a second team that has arrive today and we are trying to inspect some of these other sites that are very contested areas. but before these can even leave the hotel and head out to the sides, there has to be a guarantee of safety from all sides involved that is becoming increasingly difficult because the battle line is becoming so blurred. the mandate said that all the weapons must be destroyed by mid-2014. we are realizing that it's difficult to get to this point. the u.n. re...

Question. it still remains to be seen if this list given to this u.n.-backed weapons watchdog is valid. we'll probably see by the end of october, in october, within that kerry lavrov agreement when it comes to the syrian chemical weapons, they want international inspectors on the ground in october. they want to go through the various chemical sites, chemical weapons and they want to comb through those weapons. they want to check their own catalogs in comparison to this list. it will be at that the moment during that time, hopefully by the end of october where they will know if the assad regime...