Antony Blinken actually said...

This cannot be and, indeed, is not just a military effort.

Our primary task is to defeat Daesh, which poses the most immediate threat to our citizens, to our country, to our allies and partners.

We have deprived Daesh of about 25 percent of the territory it once controlled in Syria and more than 50 percent of the territory it once co...

We will not fully succeed in destroying Daesh until we resolve the civil war in Syria.