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>> yeah i think overall, yes. are we going to light our hair on fire every time there is a set back? >> light our hair on fire every time there's a setback. this is not the first time the administration has dismissed ramadi's importance. you may remember this. >> the city itself is not symbolic in anyway it's not been declared part of the califate on one hand or central to the future of iraq, but we want to get it back. the issue is not brick and mortar it's about defeating isil. i would much rather that ramadi won't fall but it won't be the end of a campaign should it fall. >> he later took b...

Isis. arabic shorthand as dash. >> we firmly believe dash is on the offensive throughout iraq and syria. attempting to hold previous gains while conducting small-scale localized harassing attacks. >> he said isis daesh are on the defensive. if they are on the defensive that means we are winning right? well, less than three days later isis hanging ugly black flag to triumph over ramadi. general martin dempsey releases a statement calling the fall of ramadi a serious set back. that's a serious set back? that's it? ask yourself this. how many set backs is it going to take for the pentagon to admi...

Say, hey, what we should do nothing. i get that. the problem is she's a target every day and i don't know that they figured out how to deal with that. she's a target from republican candidates and also a target as a result of this unfolding story about the whole clinton foundation money world. and so a lot of articles coming up that essentially they either have decided we don't have to respond to because that's kind of baked into the polling numbers, and so i'm not sure -- i really -- i think they have a tough set of choices about how to handle all this. >> let's get to one other headline. the...

Earlier in the day. >> think of him as the oil minister and finance minister combined. 0 so anybody like that as part of the top leadership in isis this will be a set back for isis. it won't stop their military operations per se. the mission was largely what we refer to as a capture-kill mission. the purpose is intelligence. >> the white house also speaking out after the raid saying that president obama did approve the operation after his intelligence officials deemed it it could be carried out successfully. like i said artifacts recovered, but also that intelligence material we also know that...

Taken on a military role and was believed close to the leader of isis. the newly recovered intelligence could bring the united states closer to his "kill or capture." >> a set back for isis, not stopping the military operations but was a "capture kill mission." the purpose is intelligence. >> the president is grateful the white house spokesman said "to the brave united states personnel who carried out this complex mission and the iraqi authorities for their support of the operation and for the use of their facilities which contribute to its success." iraq cement reinforcement to the key gatewa...