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Give mission type orders and political objectives to u.s. special operations command, to u.s. air power, to the cia and tell them to use muscular measures that will achieve the result. >> whether you describe that this notion of war in your words and the discussion is off, i want to bring attention to jeb bush. most specifically his statement on "meet the press" this morning saying we should declare war. let's take a listen to that. >> we should declare war and harness all of the power that the united states can bring to bear both diplomatic and military, of course, to be able to take out isis...

>> we knew that he was planning to provide the military assistance that assad was needing because they were nervous about a potential eminent collapse of the regime. >> reporter: rebels may have been getting stronger with the help of anti-tank missiles like these. missiles many reports say were provided through the cia. u.s. airdrops of 50 tons of ammunition, a boost to the pentagon's program to arm other anti-isis rebel groups and drones operated by the u.s. special operations command flying over syria, looking for isis leader abu al bu daddy and other top operators. the head of special opera...

Improving across the board, a u.s. official tells cnn. a combination of more human intelligence on the ground, and surveillance aircraft in the air. the result -- a series of successful strikes again senior isis leadership. hussein, the isis online mastermind killed in raqqa last week, isis' second in command killed outside mosul two weeks ago. a late-night raid killing abu sayyaf, and capturing his wife and a treasure trove of information. how is it happening? according to "the washington post," the cia is significantly expanding its role in the droin campaign, identifying and locating senior...

Town under heavy fire. out of concern, we are told over civilian casualties. what we have seen unfold truly is the real face if you will of covert u.s. special operations, commando operations. when they go into these places and stage these operations to go after key terrorism targets. we will find out more i'm sure in the coming hours and days about how both these operations went down. but i don't think the irony escapes. too many people in the u.s. military while the politicians are engaging in discussions on furloughs and 400,000 civilian employees forced into furlough, u.s. special operatio...

Setting what kind of military assets were available in and around libya last september 11th. buck mckeon provided us with his thoughts going into the hearing. >> there have been things that people said that there were orders to stand down. i want to find out what those orders were. i want to find out what the position, what our posture was, our military posture leading up to the attack, what we've learned from the attack and what our posture is going forward. >> reporter: the benghazi attack which claimed the lives of four americans took place on an anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in this coun...