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U.S. in Iraq | Washington Week | U.S. Re-engages in Iraq | PBS NEWS

Original airdate: August 8,2014

The United States has been forced into another military engagement in northern Iraq. U.S. warplanes bombed military targets of the militant group ISIS in hopes of stopping its forces from advancing on an area of the country where significant American military are housed. How did the U.S. get drawn back into Iraq? On Washington Week, Gwen Ifill talks to Nancy Youssef, McClatchy Newspapers; Michael Crowley, TIME Magazine; Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times and Amy Walter, The Cook Political Report for analysis.

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