Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Index / Organizations Transcripts Derek Chollet ...Russia was doing and responding to the ISIL [Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant... ...was doing and responding to the ISIL [ Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ] crisis that was also exploding in th... ...removal process had been complete, the ISIS [Islamic State of Iraq and Syria... ...of my time at the Pentagon. After the ISIL bombing campaign started, I felt lik... ...up the confluence with the rise of ISIL in 2013, 2014. And it's something ... ...civil war. I'm wondering if the rise of ISIL kind of became a complicating factor i... ...was a little bit of both. Clearly the ISIL —it wasn't that Assad and ISIL wer... ...the ISIL—it wasn't that Assad and ISIL were friends either. And we wer... ...us, because we're trying to take out ISIL , which is your enemy too,” and the... ...war, you're going to have groups like ISIL get fueled. Even though they were—it'... ...Even though they were—it's kind of like ISIS -K [Islamic State of Iraq an... ...on only hitting targets that were ISIL targets. Is it worth talking a bi... ...worth talking a bit about the counter- ISIL campaign and what you saw in it comin... ...at the Pentagon was when the counter- ISIL coalition was getting stood up. We ha... ...of what would become the counter- ISIL coalition on the margins of the NAT... ...about our coordinated campaign against ISIL . Then, that over time grew, and i... ...still exists today. There is a counter- ISIL coalition with various subgroups an... Show more... Michèle Flournoy ...the Sunnis created the opening for ISIS [Islamic State of Iraq and Syria], an... ...we had to redeploy troops to deal with ISIS . So I do think there's some goo... ...support the Kurds and others to contain ISIS is an example of that. The mission ha... ...substantial impacts, certainly on the ISIS campaign, if not otherwise. So, yo... ...other terrorist organizations like ISIS have morphed into a different mode... ...where we had to redeploy to deal with ISIS . Libya, as we discussed—I think ther... Show more... Rumana Ahmed ...I will say, it was around 2014 that ISIS [Islamic State of Iraq and Syria... ...Muslim American piece—around countering ISIS , Countering Violent Extremism became ... ...more vulnerable to recruitment by ISIS because they're becoming vulnerable... ...and how to prevent them from joining ISIS , and there isn't a single Muslim i... ...concerns? Do you have concerns around ISIS influence here in America? And a lot o... ...Because none of us are worried about ISIS recruiting us. We're worried about ou... Show more... Robert Gates ...in a pretty good place. This was pre- ISIS [Islamic State of Iraq and Syria]... Susan Rice ...then the third was, what do we do about ISIS [Islamic State of Iraq and Syria] ... ...of course, came the rise of ISIS and the decisions that we had to dea... ...and Ukraine, and we had the rise of ISIS in Syria and Iraq, and the resumptio... ...when needed. So whether it was fighting ISIS , or dealing with Ebola, or dealin... Chuck Hagel ...third issue was the Middle East because ISIS [Islamic State of Iraq and Syria... ...what was happening, of course, ISIS was building up in Syria. Of course... ...going to happen, is Iraq going to fall? ISIS took control of the banks, took contro... Evan Medeiros ...2015, with the rise of Islamic State [ ISIS ]. On a more constructive note, th... ...new and different challenges like ISIS . There was more an emphasis on gettin... Jake Sullivan ...use of chemical weapons, the rise of ISIL [Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant... ...of chemical weapons, the rise of ISIL [ Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ] . Maybe we could start with Ukraine... ...2016 period because of the rise of ISIS [Islamic State of Iraq and Syria] an... Avril Haines ...your time at the CIA; things like ISIS [Islamic State in Iraq and Syria], th... ...children aren't going to be beheaded by ISIL [Islamic State of Iraq and th... ...aren't going to be beheaded by ISIL [ Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ]?” You go, Really? Is that the thin... ...issues we haven't even touched on, like ISIL . I really do want to come back t... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Obama in the Senate Obama in the Senate go to the Women and Girls Women and Girls go to the Elections and Campaigns Elections and Campaigns go to the Financial Reform and Regulation Financial Reform and Regulation go to the LGBTQ Policy LGBTQ Policy