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Injured 84 others. joining me now is nbc's pentagon correspondent hans nichol. hans, we heard from the defense secretary today. at the end of 2017, what is the overall message about isis' strength? >> in 2017, isis lost a tremendous amount of territory. they lost iraq, their caliphate. president trump will claim he accelerated it. they have gained a lot of territory away from isis. what trump did slightly different cwas that in raqqa thy surrounded the city. in mosul, it began in the obama administration, and they left an escape hatch so some isis fighters could flee. for the most part, though...
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