The operation in Monbij is about isolating Raqqa. And after Manbij, we will move on Raqqa. So that's. When did the three year clocks start? Because President Obama declared our goal of degrading and ultimately defeating ISIS 22 months ago. We're almost two years into it, or when the clocks start ticking on our three year plan, we put the campaign together in September of 2014, and it took time … (03:33–03:38)
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