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World food program. we're the first line of offense and defense on the ground against extremism and terrorism. >> expect questions about this and also about concerns mattis has already voiced that isis military plans simply push the group from one location to another. what others before him have called whack a mole. >> shepard: any word on whether secretary mattis plans to talk about the strategy in afghanistan? >> not per se. mattis had promised senator john mccain when he testified last a strategy for afghanistan by mid-july. but that date has slipped as the white house and president have qu...

>> that's right, it's closed because mattis has said repeatedly he doesn't want to share his plans to, quote, annihilate isis with the enemy. this briefing was scheduled at the senate's request. a similar one for the entire house tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. mattis will be joined by the chairman of the joint chiefs and secretary of state. the senators want to ask about plans for next steps including the importance of integrating military operations with political and diplomatic efforts in the fight against isis. the president's current budget adds 52 billion to the defense budget while drastically cu...

Moving forward to defeat isis. a week after iraq declared total victory over the islamic state in the city of mosul, its last stronghold in iraq iraq. mosul was iraq's second strongest city, but air strikes and heavy fighting destroyed a lot of that city. we have pictures of what mosul looks like now. this first one, i mean, it's just rubble. this is an aerial shot of the destruction on the western side of the old city. here, u.s. packed iraqi forces round up suspected fighters. as you can see, a lot of them here. refugees in these pictures fighting, forced thousands of them from their homes n...

Seeking ideas for how to defeat the taliban and isis that popped up there as well. just this week the pentagon announced it had killed the head of isis in an air strike f the u.s. pulls out its troops many fear the vacuum would resemble that that was created in iraq which led to the rise of isis. also, basically the white house is toying with another plan presented to the pentagon to send contractors, defense contractors and replace soldiers and troops on the ground in ofgs. but that's not getting a lot of traction here at the pentagon. >> shepard: you're the best, thank you. o.j. simpson's pa...

>> shepard: there is a moratorium on ear marks, right? >> 2011, con grems got shamed into putting a morer toerium on earmarks. don't think they're not still doing it in a sneakier way. instead of having a list of earmarks, here are the earmarks, they don't that, that is too public. they call up the agency and say, hey, i got an extra million for this and i want it to go to this project in my district. very different. much on the qt. but what do you expect out of congress? >> shepard: i don't know. i don't know what to expect. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> shepard: after iraqi forces ...