issues, obviously that are of great concern to many in this country, democrats, clean water, gun control, but he has to account for his 12 years as a republican/independent mayor of new york city where he, you know, was the champion of stop and frisk and i think they the reason why so many black voters are giving him the collective side eye is because he defended his beliefs on stop and frisk all the way up until about a month ago. so, you know, when he left office, january 1st, 2014, he stood by it for several years. he did a lot of good things for the city, some controversial things as well. when you have 12 years a lot of time to do the extra four was the touch controversial. an interesting power grab indeed. but stop and frisk thing, is that still enough? so much in the past. is that still enough to hurt him when it comes to black voters? he has apologized for it. he has apologized but timing is everything.
we have taken back 25% of the populated areas that isis was controlling back then and it s going to take time but we are building up iraqi capabilities and have thousands of american special forces and trainers and they are now getting out on the front lines. ramadi jim, was under threat from january 1st 2014 and isis moved into ramadi six months before mosul. they are going to continue to fight, and now we are helping them. as we organize the tribes as they are starting to we are going to the sunni tribes we are going to push isis out of the areas there. the focus is iraq and syria and it s also globe annual. we have to cut down the foreign fighter networks and counter them in the messaging face, and we have a global coalition of 62 nations to do that. all of these nations and every capital we are in they understand it s a long-term multiyear challenge that will
ramadi jim, was under threat from january 1st, 2014. isis moved into ramadi six months before mosul. that capital has never fallen. the tribes there, the locals are fighting they re going to continue to fight and now we re helping them. and as he organize the anbari tribes as we re starting to do we re going to push back the sunni tribes in anbar we re going to push isis out of those populated areas in anbar. but again, jim, i just have to stress it s a long-term charge challenge, it s a long-term campaign the focus is iraq and syria but it s also global. we have to cut down the foreign fighter networks we have to cut down the financing networks we have to counter them in the messaging sxas that s why we have this global coalition of 62 nations to do that. but all these nations in every capital they understand this is a long-term multiyear challenge that will be with us for a long time. years, not months. i spoke earlier this week you mentioned training of both iraqi forces but als
missed. it s as if the agency is in disarray trying to meet the october 1st deadline. we will be open for open enrollment october 1st of 2013, and we will be enrolling americans across the country january 1st, 2014. you can assure us there ll be congressman, i can only tell you what i m telling you. we are on track to meet october 1st. i can t tell you what exactly will happen at every step. but that is the determination. we are on track to meet it. well, you re not on track to meet it. we have had a few slowdowns, a few glitches. but it s sort of a great problem to have. it s based on the fact that the volume has been so high and the interest is so high. i m going to try and download every movie ever made, and you ve got to try to sign up for obamacare and we ve got to see which happens first.
so, i guess some conservati e conservatives don t like it, he s making fun of them. i bet you he can make fun of it. he makes fun of liberals. he makes fun of us. we ll see. he can talk to conservatives. there s reaction all around. let s get to other news out of washington, after overseeing the troubled rollout of the affordable care act health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius has resigned. the project has been hit by delays and canceled coverage and massive technical glitches on healthcare.gov but sebelius painted a rosy picture before the rollout last october only to see the website all but collapse under the available of heavy volume and questionable security. deadline after deadline missed. it s as if the agency is in disarray trying to meet the october 1st deadline. we will be open for open enrollment october 1st of 2013. and we will be enrolling americans across the country january 1st, 2014.