I think some progress was made.

But, as I have said many times before, that cow has left the barn. Iraq is fractured. You can make a pretty powerful argument, in fact, that Iraq is no more.

What can you do to encourage the tribes in Syria and in Iraq to turn on ISIS?

shouldn't we be shifting a lot of our focus to that and basically saying to Baghdad, time's up?

We cannot contribute to that.

It is not just a matter of defeating one group; it is a matter of defeating an ideology.

We need to find Sunnis who are willing and able to fight ISIS and build a better alternative.

And just a quick thing on Iran. And, obviously, I mean, if we just had these extremist Sunni groups to fight, I mean, that would be enough to really challenge us.

He expressed disappointment, frankly, that the other Gulf states... did not seem to really be willing to provide much support.

What is the administration's strategy for dealing with Iranian influence other than the nuclear talks?

This has to be locally driven--locally driven by Sunnis in Iraq and Syria and elsewhere to eject ISIS.