that sums it up next saturday, one last time to the sdf. there may be a misunderstanding. there's a kurdish component to the syrian democratic forces and there's an arab component. we have been providing equipment , weapons, to the arab component for some months. that's been going on. the decision that president trump made was to provide equipment to the kurdish component of the syrian democratic forces. i wanted to clarify that. it's clear in my mind and i just want to make sure it's clear and yours. thanks. >> i want to go back to the operation that took place yesterday. could you confirm that the target shiite militia was a rainy and smart do you see any interest in the us and coalition [inaudible] >> let me take a stab at this. that was, as the chairman pointed out, self-defense of our forces. it was necessitated by ostensive movements with offenses capabilities by what we believe were iranian directed. i don't know that i there were iranians on the ground but by iranian directed forces inside an established and agreed upon the confliction zone. we believe they moved i

the sdf partnered with enabling support from u.s. and coalition forces are the only force on the ground that successfully seized raqqah in the near future. we are keenly aware of the security concerns of our coalition partners in turkey. we want to reassure the people and the government of turkey that the u.s. is committed to preventing additional security risks and protecting our nato ally. the u.s. continues to prioritize support for arab elements of the sdf, raqqah and all liberated territory should return to the governance of local syrian arabs. the fight for raqqah will be long and difficult but ultimately, yet another defeat for isis and another step towards eliminating the isis threat that threatens peace and security in the region and the world. >> the secretary of state is meeting today with his counterpart from russia today, the foreign minister of russia, sergey lavrov. are you expecting deliverables from that meeting? >> we will have a readout when that's done. >> reporter: i have two brief. first, are you expecting after

last week, i was embedded with an sdf unit near aleppo, and-- - god, i miss being in the field!osnia, iraq, chechnya. the west village on halloween. you're holding hands with death, my friends, but you don't even think about it, because there's a job to do, damn it. - chuck, you miss the field? last year, we arranged for you to go to south sudan, but you said you had tickets to a magic show. - those tickets were nonrefundable. well, they were refundable, but there was a fee! - oh, i haven't talked for so long. - well, trip, why don't you and justin go through your footage in the edit bay? - okay. - quick warning. just before this meeting, i think i saw a fat janitor go in there and fart. yeah, i think that's what that is. - [gasps] that trip is so handsome. - is he? - oh. [dramatic fanfare] - go. move it! ooh, glass. oh, sorry, sorry. ah! more glass! - see, corey? that's why we practice. - she knows. she knows. my mom knows about us. - how? - no, i didn't. but now i do. [dramatic musical flourish] moms know their kids need love, encouragement and milk. with 8 grams

yes, the sdf partnered with enabling support from u.s. and coalition forces are the only force o the ground t successful seize raqqa in the ar future. we're keenly aware of the serity conrns of our coalition partners in turkey. we want to reassure the people in the government of turkey that the u.s. is committed to preventing additional security risks and protecting our nato ally. the u.s. continues to prioritize support for arab elements of the sdf, raqqa and all liberated territory should return to the governance of local syrian arabs. the fight for raqqa will be long and difficult, but ultimately yet another defeat for isis. and another step towards eliminating the isis threat that threatens peace and security in the region and the world. >> the secretary of state is meeting today with his counterpart from russia today, the foreign minister of russia, sergey lavrov. are you expecting any deliver rabbles fr deliverables from that meeting? >> i think we'll have a read-out when that's done. >> sean, do you expect the afghan review, isis r