President Barack Obama said on Thursday that Iraq will need more help from the United States, and that he wasn’t “ruling anything out.” Iraq has pleaded for U.S. assistance as it seeks to push back a violent Islamic insurgency that has captured two key cities and is vowing to press toward Bagdad. The president said he was watching the situation in Iraq with concern and his team was working around the clock to identify the most effective assistance.
ABC News correspondent Ann Compton joined us to discuss:
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