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Should the U.S. change its Islamic State strategy in Syria?

Season 2014 Episode 3170 | 6m 36s

For a deeper look at the Obama administration’s strategy to defeat the Islamic State, as well as the regional challenges of implementing that strategy, Gwen Ifill talks to former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey and Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies.

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