Sec Def Nominee Ashton Carter Struggles To Explain Obama’s Strategy Against ISIS

MCCAIN: “Do you believe we have a strategy at this time?”
CARTER: “I believe I understand our strategy at this time, Mr. Chairman. I also have the intention, again, if confirmed, to make it my first priority to go there, to talk to our leaders, military leaders there, to confer with you –“
MCCAIN: “What do you understand the strategy to be?”
CARTER: “And to -- I think the strategy connects, ends and means, and our ends with respect to ISIL needs to be its lasting defeat. I say lasting, because it's important that when they get defeated they stay defeated. And that is why it's important that we have those on the ground there who will ensure that they stay defeated once defeated.”