CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper May 19, 2015 20:02:00
The white house said today that the concern over losing ramadi is overblown. >> are we going to light or hair on fire every time that there is a setback in the campaign against isil? >> i want to get right to cnn's barbara starr. she's at the pentagon. barbara, the pentagon's line the past two days is this is just a setback. is anyone at the pentagon conceding that the fall of ramadi is more serious than that? >> you know, jake at this point, the washington the pentagon talking point setback is really holding firm. i think the issue is the military reality on the ground may be very different. ...