also its oil enterprise, which is a critical pillar of isil s financial infrastructure. reporter: general joe dunford says he would recommend embedding u.s. troops with iraqis to reinforce operational and strategic success in the same way that delta force operators became embedded with the kurdish forces during the hostage raid last week that freed 70 prisoners. talking to the commanders on the ground, i believe we ll have an opportunity to reinforce iraqi success in the days ahead. we ve developed a variety of options to do that. reporter: the defense secretary said the pentagon expects to boost the scope and intensity of coalition air campaign against the islamic state. the hearing got testy when senator mccain asked about plans for a no-fly zone in syria. it s not a new issue. it is not a new issue. it is a substantial military undertaking. so it seems to me you should have a position on it.
against high-value targets. also its oil enterprise which is a critical pillar of it infrastructure. bill: this comes a week after the first american was killed. a stalemate against isis. it s been that way for months. it has not been easy for me. i started off in brooklyn. my father gave me a small loan of $1 million and i had to pay him back with interest. but a million isn t have much compared to what i built. martha: the republican candidate trying to recall tough times with money. rich lowry is editor of the
significant lives were saved and intelligence collected. we have now heard if rescued hostages. they expected to be executed that day. after morning prayers. their graves had already been prepared. not only did our support help provide another mass killing, preenabled the partners to deliver isil a clear defeat and prevented them from broadcasting a horrific massacre to the world. meanwhile, across the border in eastern syria, coalition aircraft recently hit a key node in isil s oil enterprise, destroying pump station and a site for crude oil production and cache collection. after extensive conversations with the chairman doneford, general austin, secretary kerry and leaders of the coalition in recent years, we are ramping up the assault on this critical pillar of isil s financial