Last year， I also pledged that we would work with our allies to extinguish ISIS from the face of the Earth. One year later， I am proud to report that the coalition to defeat ISIS has liberated almost 100 percent of the territory once held by these killers in Iraq and Syria. But there is much more work to be done. We will continue our fight until ISIS is defeated.
Army Staff Sergeant Justin Peck is here tonight. Near Raqqa last November， Justin and his comrade， Chief Petty Officer Kenton Stacy， were on a mission to clear buildings that ISIS had rigged with explosives so that civilians could return to the city.
Clearing the second floor of a vital hospital， Kenton Stacy was severely wounded by an explosion. Immediately， Justin bounded into the booby－trapped building and found Kenton in bad shape. He applied pressure to the wound and inserted a tube to reopen an airway. He then performed CPR for 20 straight minutes during the ground transport and maintained artificial respiration through 2 hours of emergency surgery.
Kenton Stacy would have died if not for Justin＇s selfless love for a fellow warrior. Tonight， Kenton is recovering in Texas. Raqqa is liberated. And Justin is wearing his new Bronze Star， with a ＂V＂ for ＂Valor.＂ Staff Sergeant Peck：All of America salutes you.
Terrorists who do things like place bombs in civilian hospitals are evil. When possible， we annihilate them. When necessary， we must be able to detain and question them. But we must be clear：Terrorists are not merely criminals. They are unlawful enemy combatants. And when captured overseas， they should be treated like the terrorists they are.
In the past， we have foolishly released hundreds of dangerous terrorists， only to meet them again on the battlefield －－ including the ISIS leader， al－Baghdadi.
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