James Jeffrey: “We do not turn to Russia to broker an agreement. We turn to the U.N. to do it.”

Russia presses for a premature withdrawal of U.S. and coalition forces. Such an untimely U.S. military departure would enable ISIS to return, allow Iran to fill the vacuum, place Iraq's stability at risk, and increase the threats to…

A political solution is highly unlikely with a government acting the way the current Assad government acts.

We would do everything short of military force to try to hold off a Turkish incursion or Turkish military action against them.

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