He has spent most of his presidency touting his progress in winding down the United States out of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
But now that ISIS has brutally and effectively gotten the West’s attention, President Obama has been compelled to re-engage militarily in the region, albeit for now anyway, he is emphasizing no ground troop commitment, and a largely air-based, arms support, and coalition fortified campaign. Congress gets to vote its approval this week.
ABC’s Steven Portnoy joined us from Washington.
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