already been culpable in violent deaths of americans and others. and i don t need to preview for the committee the full litany of the outrages that are committed by daesh. but let me just say that just among them scratching the surface are atrocities against syrian christians and religious communities, the crews if i cannings of children sale and enslavement of women and girls, the seizure of captains and destruction of irreplaceable historical sites, plunlder and destruction of cities and towns in which followers of islam worship and raise their families. now, i testified before this committee a couple weeks ago regarding our strategy for disrupting and defeating isil that strategy continues to move forward on all fronts.