Savannah Guthrie to Obama: ‘You Have, Frankly, Killed a Lot of Terrorists’

GUTHRIE You ve talked ░░░░░░░░ lot about often cited ░░░░░░░░ against core al Qaeda ░░░░░░░░ you have frankly killed ░░░░░░░░ lot of terrorists But ░░░░░░░░ you look at it ░░░░░░░░ haven t the forces ░░░░░░░░ militant extremism jihadist grown ░░░░░░░░ on your watch if ░░░░░░░░ look at Syria Iraq ░░░░░░░░ Yemen a place where ░░░░░░░░ Qaeda is that rich ░░░░░░░░ so active and vicious ░░░░░░░░ that the government our ░░░░░░░░ just collapsed OBAMA Well ░░░░░░░░ in mind that in ░░░░░░░░ of these situations you ░░░░░░░░ seen a bunch of ░░░░░░░░ radical groups popping up ░░░░░░░░ with more capabilities some ░░░░░░░░ less What we have ░░░░░░░░ able to do and ░░░░░░░░ will continue to do ░░░░░░░░ to put pressure on ░░░░░░░░ organizations so that they ░░░░░░░░ t attack the United ░░░░░░░░ So you just mentioned ░░░░░░░░ Yemen is a tough ░░░░░░░░ This is a country ░░░░░░░░ s always been fragile ░░░░░░░░ governments have never been ░░░░░░░░ there are bunch of ░░░░░░░░ ethnic groups and tribal ░░░░░░░░ that argue and fight ░░░░░░░░ the other hand we ░░░░░░░░ been continually able to ░░░░░░░░ pressure on al Qaeda ░░░░░░░░ that region.”