of guantanamo. we still haven t gotten that plan, mr. secretary. if you re a little bit of concerned about lack of movement, i ve been a little bit concerned on lack of movement on guantanamo for the last seven years. so, i will do what i can to get the four that are pending before the senate today but, confirmed by the senate and i will, we will be having a hearing this afternoon on, on the four additional ones. so thank you, mr. chairman, appreciate that. mr. secretary, on the first of december, before the house armed services committee, congressman forbes asked general dunford, quote, have we currently contained isil? general dunford, we have not contained isil. mr. secretary, do you agree with general dunford? i agree with what general dunford said, yes. so if we have, we have not contained isil how are we to
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
carter testified on the administration s isis strategy. carter told the committee flat out that the u.s. has not contained isis. he added that the u.s. is ready to provide more personnel and equipment to the iraqi army and to fight the terror group there, but he was pressed by john mccain on the overall strategy and here s what he said. on the 1st of december, before the house armed services committee, congressman forbes asked general dunford, quote, have we currently contained isil? general dunford, we have not contained isil. mr. secretary, do you agree with general dunford? i agree with what general dunford said, yes. so if we ve not contained isil, how are we to now believe that we are succeeding against isil? i think that we are building momentum against isil.
time ago, and then the fbi dr director answering the committee s questions, and the chairman, senator john mccain has long pushed the fight them there instead of fight iing the here plos fi, and he pressed the pentagon boss ash carter for a strategy and for action. have a listen. mr. secretary, on the 1st of december before the house armed services committee congressman forbes asked mr. dunford, have we currently contained isil, and general, no, we have not contained isil. and mr. secretary, do you agree with general dunford? i agree with what general dunford said, yes. so if we have not contained isille, how are we to now believe that we are succeeding against isil? ah, i think that we are building momentum gaiagainst is
you were going to send this committee a plan on the closure of guantanamo. we still haven t gotten that plan, mr. secretary. so if you re a little bit concerned about a lack of movement, i ve been a little concerned about a lack of movement on guantanamo for the last seven years. right. so i will do what i can to get the four that are pending before the senate today, confirmed by the senate, and i will we will be having a hearing this afternoon on the four additional ones. thank you, mr. chairman. appreciate that. mr. secretary, on the 1st of december before the house armed services committee, congressman forbes asked general dunford, quote, have we currently contained isil? general dunford. we have not contained isil. mr. secretary, do you agree with general dunford? i agree with what general dunford said, yes. so if we have not contained