James Jeffrey: “We think that the inclusive government that we have now, with participation by all Iraqi groups, will be a step in the…”

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

There's a fundamental difference that we do not make clear as a country, let alone an administration, between putting troops under treaty obligations to defend territory and people against somebody else and the troops that we had in…

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

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…