WASHINGTON WEEK

WITH GWEN IFILL

FRIDAY, JUNE 20 @ 9:00PM

President Obama announced on Thursday that the U.S. is preparing to send up to 300 additional U.S. military advisors to Iraq to support Iraqi security forces combating the ISIS insurgency. The president said the U.S. will also provide additional equipment, surveillance and military assets but added, “American combat troops are not going to be fighting in Iraq again.” Peter Baker of The New York Times and Michael Crowley of TIME Magazine will examine all the military and diplomatic options the U.S. is considering and why the White House is putting pressure on Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to put together a more inclusive government to stave off the sectarian violence.

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