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... told reporters Monday that the U.S. wants to be able to increase the number of Iraqi troops being trained, but to do that the Iraq government has to increase the number of troops it provides. As of June 4, the U.S. had trained 8,920 Iraqi troops at ...
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including the indictment and allegations of misconduct against former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter’s comments about the Iraqi army’s defeat at Ramadi, 2016 campaign announcements from Rick Santorum and George Pataki.
... the Islamic State group. In a statement, White House officials said the vice president's phone call -- quote -- "recognized the enormous sacrifice and bravery of Iraqi forces." That came after Defense Secretary Ash Carter had blamed the loss of Ramadi on Iraqi troops who ran away. ASHTON CARTER, Secretary of ...
... the Iraqi troops ran away, that they didn't have the will to fight. But then you had today the vice president, Biden, calling the Iraqi prime minister to say, no, Iraqi troops are doing a great job. Which is it? DOUGLAS OLLIVANT: Well, and just a few weeks ago ...
... Ramadi in central Iraq a week ago, which has revived concerns about U.S. efforts to fight the group. The Obama administration's approach in Iraq is a blend of retraining and rebuilding the Iraqi army, prodding the Shiite-dominated government in Baghdad to reconcile with the nation's Sunnis ...
... HARI SREENIVASAN, PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND ANCHOR: Returning to Iraq and Syria and ISIS gains in the region, I’m joined now from Baghdad via Skype, Washington Post reporter Loveday Morris. So, let’s start in Palmyra. It gets a lot of press because it’s a U.N. World ...
... GWEN IFILL: But the seizure of Palmyra does mean that ISIS now controls even more Syrian territory. And hundreds of miles to the east, in Iraq, the militants today followed up their capture of Ramadi by overrunning Iraqi military positions east of the city. The group also scored gains in ...
... the same fate as Tikrit. It will be liberated from the grasp of the extremist terrorists and victory in the end will be for the Iraqi people and the Iraqi state. GWEN IFILL: And Iran's defense minister flew to Baghdad for talks with the Iraqi army chief of staff ...
... major Iraqi city in the hands of Islamic State. It already controls Mosul, Iraq's second largest city. And now Ramadi is the capital of Iraq's largest province. It's also a huge setback for the government campaign launched last month to reclaim Anbar province, which is really Iraq ...
WASHINGTON -- A dozen years later, American politics has reached a rough consensus about the Iraq War: It was a mistake. Politicians hoping to be president rarely run ahead of public opinion. So it's a revealing moment when the major contenders for president in both parties find it best to ...
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