On the recordJune 28, 2016
They are continually losing ground, unable to govern those areas that they've taken over, that they are going to be defeated in Syria. They're going to be defeated in Iraq.
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transcripts.cnn.comBarack Obama: “They are continually losing ground, unable to govern those areas that they've taken over, that they are going to be…”
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President Obama discusses the diminishing power of ISIS in Syria and Iraq.
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