Gains By ISIS Prompt Questions About U.S. Strategy (Diane Rehm Show)

The Iraqi government is calling for volunteers to join in the fight to retake the city of Ramadi. The fall of Ramadi days ago to the group calling itself the Islamic State has set off alarms in the region and Washington. Several prominent Republican lawmakers have urged the Obama administration to send 10,000 U.S. troops to Iraq. The White House has downplayed the significance of the Ramadi defeat and says it has no plans to put American combat forces back on the ground in Iraq. We look at how recent gains by ISIS in Iraq and Syria have renewed concerns over U.S. strategy to fight the militant group.
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