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That we're predominantly working with. we have talked to others about their willingness to help but i'm not at liberty to go into those discussions right now. >> everybody set for a new secretary of defense over there? >> secretary hagel is the secretary of defense and it's a big job. his focus is making sure our men and women around the world at harm's way around the world in iraq and afghanistan get the support that they need. that's our focus right now. >> you've seen the reports that ash carter is about to come the nominee, right? >> we've certainly seen the reports oh ut the reports out t...

Against isis and iraq and syria, they remain formidable. >> very formidable. and not only that but a lot of that offensive capability that we're taking is still pretty, you have an average of 250 air strikes per mofl it is not a tremendous amount. and at the same time, the pre syrian army is out of ammunition. the kurds until this deal was struck yesterday, have not had arms. and it will still an while before they have anything exempt small arms. we had a deal where they saw a unl overrun. they called for air strikes. by the time we had scrambled, it was two and a half hours later. by that tim...

Militarily between the united states and our troops, our military operations there and those of tehran inside iraq. there's no coordination at all. the air zones is being done by the iraqi government. >> there's no coordination even through the iraqi government? because if you have iranian jets flying over areas, u.s. jets flying over areas, there could be a problem. >> absolutely. and, look, it's sovereign iraqi air space and the iraqi governments deconflicts that air space as that is their responsibility. >> what does that mean, deconflict their air space? >> it's their air space and they ar...

>> there's no prohibition in the united states right now to the wear of uniforms off base or off installation other than what is prescribed locally by your local commander. there's been some changes overseas. european commander not long ago issued directives about uniform use in europe, again, tied to this overarching threat that isil poses. we want commanders at all locations around the world to be prudent, to be practical, and issue those kinds of orders and guidance that they believe they need to protect their troops and families. there's no prohibition against uniform use here in the unite...

Coordinated operation. weeks in the planning lebanese authorities tell cnn. with lebanon, syria and iraq working together. an overseas intelligence force says they received help as well from u.s. intelligence. on that, the cia would not comment. the target, a former wife of the isis leader wanted for both her personal connection to abu-bakr al-baghdadi and for her potentially significant role in the terrorist organization. she is a former wife of the feared isis leader, abu-bakr al-baghdadi. lebanese sources tell cnn the woman identified as saja al-dulaimi and seen here during a prisoner excha...