02/24/2014
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"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."
"In terms of kind of kinetic activities by the military, though, am I right that currently, it's Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen, Libya, and then the deployment of troops to Cameroon?"