committee's chairman senator john mccain that he agrees with an assessment from the joint -- i should say the chairman of the jant chiefs of staff. >> congressman forbes asked general dunford, quote, have we currently contained isil? general dunford, we have not -- we have not contained isil. mr. secretary, do you agree with general dunford? >> i agree with what general dunford said, yes. >> some critics had slammed president obama for saying isis was contained. just before that deadly terror attack in paris. the white house press secretary josh earnest responding to those comments from secretary carter. listen. >> secretary carter indicated that he agreed with the viewpoint put forward by secretary -- by general dunford, who, again, also said the same thing that the president did in describing isil as contained tactically in areas that they have been in, in iraq and in syria. but, strategically concerned about their capacity to spread. >> earnest also said isis has