Ashton Carter actually said...

I believe that a stable, multi-sectarian Iraq is the only way to ensure the long-term defeat of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Carter emphasizes the importance of a stable Iraq for defeating ISIL.

05/20/2015

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They probably get an outsized picture of our lack of will.

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