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Have conduct the five precision air strikes against iranian paramilitary groups in iraq and syria. a spokesperson for the pentagon says the strikes were in response to repeated attacks on bases in iraq that are housing allied forces. let's get more of what we're learning from this right now, nbc's hans nichols is following the president in south florida and joins uses with what he's hearing. hans? >> reporter: these were precision strikes. they were going after depots, the group whether they could continue to affect and menace u.s. forces in iraq. on friday there was a rocket talk on kirkuk wh...

President for policy at the international crisis group. thank you both for joining me. robert, let me begin with you in the point i was asking the ambassador about iran. just a couple weeks ago the u.s. was very clear. they want to stop iran's expansion across the region. just this week iranian forces i should say iranian backed forces inside iraq quickly hofd in on kirkuk and really pushed the iraqi central government against another u.s. ally the kurdish forces. are we seeing the exact opposite of what the u.s. administration wanted to do here? >> it's easier said than done. iran is very goo...