James Jeffrey: “It is a mistake for us to get out of that country. Iraq is crucial not only to prevent Sunni extremism.”

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

It was a mistake not to tell them before they learned about it from the media.

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.