out, and here shortly i ll have my thoughts collected. harris: defense secretary also commented on reports the transition to the new administration has caused concern in the military. here are his thoughts. welcome to democracy. it s at times wildly contentious, it s at times quite sporting, but the bottom line is this is the best form of government that we can come up with. so the military s job is to hold the line and to hold the line and to hold the line while our government sorts out the way ahead and our people speak, so we don t have disarray inside the military, and that s where my responsibility lies. harris: this is the secretary s first trip to the middle east since taking office. and this story coming to the this sunday. a major push now underway to push the islamic state savages out of their last strong hold in the key city of mosul. troops liberated eastern mosul last month are and moving into
where has the current administration made mistakes? you think can i be frank with you? i hope you will be. i will. we all have made terrible mistakes. when i say we all, including the u.n. security council, which didn t get together, the international community which could have intervened much earlier. there were moments when the issue could have been resolved, but there is still an opportunity now while we re talking to look at what can be avoided still. forgive for using a medical example, the best time for avoiding a tragedy is preventing the disease and the best second time is to catch the disease very early, five years ago, not now. now it s being metastasized and now we have to save the patients and reduce the pain. so you heard the special envoy say daesh. that s for the islamic state savages and they hate that name
where others will be included. where has the current administration made mistakes? you think can i be frank with you? i hope you will be. i will. we all have made terrible mistakes. when i say we all, including the u.n. security council, which didn t get together, the international community which could have intervened much earlier. there were moments when the issue could have been resolved, but there is still an opportunity now while we re talking to look at what can be avoided still. forgive for using a medical example, the best time for avoiding a tragedy is preventing the disease and the best second time is to catch the disease very early, five years ago, not now. now it s being metastasized and now we have to save the patients and reduce the pain. so you heard the special envoy say daesh. that s for the islamic state
where has the current administration made mistakes? you think can i be frank with you? i hope you will be. i will. we all have made terrible mistakes. when i say we all, including the u.n. security council, which didn t get together, the international community which could have intervened much earlier. there were moments when the issue could have been resolved, but there is still an opportunity now while we re talking to look at what can be avoided still. forgive for using a medical example, the best time for avoiding a tragedy is preventing the disease and the best second time is to catch the disease very early, five years ago, not now. now it s being metastasized and now we have to save the patients and reduce the pain. so you heard the special envoy say daesh. that s for the islamic state savages and they hate that name
house republicans into such disarray with congressman paul ryan stepping up to be elected speaker. the fight against the islamic state savages in iraq and syria heated up again. russia deep in this involvement in the war to shore up its allies, syrian president bashar al assad, but with isis gaining strength, the u.s. is now trying to coordinate with moscow to turn its weapons on the terrorists. that mission given increased urgency after a gruesome series of isis executions throughout the year. 21 coptic christians in egypt and a captured jordanian pilot burned to death. and isis responded by taking down a british airliner. the militants claim they planted a bomb on the plane. and 2015 also saw a rash of campus shootings in the united states. one of the most deadly at umpqua