. >> laura jarrett, cnn. general, in paris, defense secretary carter spoke about the joint special operations command taking on an expanded role in fighting external isis threats. can you shed any light on what they will do or how it would help the fight and just what is the external isis threat these days? >> thanks. i hate to kind of give this thing again. that's a really great question for the socom commander. and i would encourage when you have the opportunity to ask about that. but i think what the secretary talked about, there is, as we talked about a little bit earlier, the islamic state isn't just limited to iraq and syria. and most of these violent extremists organizations aren't just limited to specific geographic areas. they do have influence, they do use virtual means to put out a toxic narrative, to try to influence people, to try to, you know, create disruption and conflict in other areas. i think we have to look at the threats and we can't limit ourselves to specific areas. and i think what the

. >> laura jarrett, cnn. general, in paris defense secretary carter spoke about the joint special operations command taking on an expanded role in fighting external isis threats. can you shed any light on what they will do or how it would help the fight, and just what is the external isis threat these days? >> well, thanks. i hate to kind of give this thing again. that's a really great question for the so com commander and i would encourage you when you have the opportunity to ask him about that. i think what the secretary talked about there is -- i mean, as we talked about a little bit earlier, the islamic state isn't just limited to iraq and syria and some of these silent extremist organizations aren't just limited to specific geographic areas. they do have influence, they do use virtual means to put out a toxic narrative to try to influence people, to try to, you know, create disruption and conflict in other areas. so i think we have to look at -- we have to look at these threats much more trans-regionally