James Jeffrey: “The U.S. will not tolerate, quote, 'an attack, period, and that any offensive is to us objectionable as a reckless…”

If those troops are withdrawn fully, a very important tool we had to keep ISIS under control will be gone.

Whatever it takes--well, whatever political process and diplomatic process is necessary to get that government to behave differently toward its own population and to its neighbors, that is an absolutely essential precondition for a…

It is a good example of how we can succeed by, with, and through the international community and local partners, and it is a good model for the future.

Well, first of all, we did not bring it. The Iraqis wanted it. And in the end, they have a constitutional democratic system.