Al-Qaida-inspired militants who have violently seized territory in Iraq could grow in power and destabilize other countries in the region, President Barack Obama said. The Iraqi public will ultimately reject the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the extremist Sunni group threatening Iraq's government, but the ...
... ALISON STEWART: To analyze the latest on the situation in Iraq, we’re joined now by Gideon Rose, he is with the Council of Foreign Relations and the editor of Foreign Affairs Magazine. Gideon we got right into this as soon as you came into the studio. Let’s ...
... of our presidents as dominating events. Obviously, not everybody can dominate all events, but he's been reacting to Ukraine, to Syria, to... JUDY WOODRUFF: Iraq. MARK SHIELDS: ... to Iraq, to the VA, Veterans Administration, just seems constantly on the defensive. And I think, Judy, the most devastating number was ...
... WOODRUFF: Rod, finally, what is the reaction you're hearing there to President Obama's announcement that he's sending 300 American military advisers to Iraq? ROD NORDLAND: Well, I think, generally speaking, most Iraqis are pleased to hear that. They think that the United States does have to get ...
... past mistakes and open new horizons for a better future to all Iraqis. JUDY WOODRUFF: Back in the United States, the Pentagon said it expects Iraq to agree to legal protections for the incoming group of U.S. military advisers. American forces left the country in 2011 after the Iraqi ...
Today in the Morning Line: GOP holds fire toward Obama on Iraq Why the shift in tone? Obama’s still in a tough spot politically Red state conservatives get their leadership spot Walker accused of “criminal scheme” Muted GOP reaction to Obama on Iraq: President Barack Obama’s announcement Thursday that he is sending about 300 military...
... Final thought, Charles Duelfer. What's the best possible outcome here? CHARLES DUELFER: The best possible outcome is an agreement where there's parties in Iraq who can say, we're going to divide up power, with serious ministries going to Sunni groups, with perhaps a reconsideration of the hydrocarbon ...
... But officials insisted government forces maintain control of what is the country's largest oil refinery. The Iraqi Defense Ministry also released video of targeted Iraqi airstrikes near the city of Tal Afar. A military spokesman claimed the bombings killed 50 militants. Elsewhere, Iraqi emergency police patrolled streets and checkpoints ...
... the future, and he said the U.S. also would increase its intelligence efforts in Iraq and was prepared to create joint operations centers with Iraqis. But he was adamant that U.S. troops would not be returning to combat in Iraq. "We do not have the ability to simply ...
... forthcoming won't necessarily be aimed at bailing out embattled Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The efforts will be "focused on the people of Iraq," he said. Kerry said the militant Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL, is "more extreme than even al-Qaida and they ...
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