Sentence:  Gen. Taylor will report to President Kennedy in a few days on the results of his visit to South Viet Nam and , judging from some of his remarks to reporters in the Far East , he <WSD>is</WSD> likely to urge a more efficient mobilization of Vietnamese military , economic , political and other resources . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)