05/06/2013
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"Is it fair to assume--you know, we pray that this is not the case, but that the death of Master Sergeant Wheeler may not be the last death of an American servicemember in this campaign to defeat ISIL?"
"In your professional judgment, your notion that the primary objective is the defeat of ISIL, how long will that take?"
"it is pretty important that the United States not unwittingly sort of, you know, plant our feet on one side or the other of a sectarian divide?"
"we do need to be careful and just kind of be mindful of not giving the impression that we're taking a side in a sectarian divide."