User Clip: Train, Advise & Assist w/ @PressSec

intensifying further our support to those opposition fighters. to make those fighters even more effective and serve as force multipliers using their expertise to enhance success of operations on the ground. intensify strategies showing progress. The United States cannot be in a situation in which we are imposing a military solution on this problem. Our goal here is to build up the capacity of local forces to fight this fight on the ground in their own country for themselves. But we want to enhance their performance on the battlefield. And so we've looked for a lot of ways to do that. "The president is mindful that this is not something that we can do for them this is something that they must do for themselves with the assistance and expertise that the United States military and our coalition partners have to offer." close