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Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Were going to begin with our world lead. 2 1 2 years ago when the last troops were pulling out of iraq, president obama hailed it as a moment of success. Were leaving behind a sovereign and selfreliant iraq with a Representative Government elected by its people. This is an extraordinary achievement. Nearly nine years in the making. All right. So how are things going with the extraordinary achievement, that sovereign, stable, selfreliant iraq, the one that the president was talking about . [ gunfire ] not so good, it turns out. Islamic extremists with the group isis have taken control of the second largest city and now they are vowing to move on baghdad. The forces are retaliating, carrying out air strikes in an area where they believe the militants are is based. Is it going to be enough to stop them . President obama indicated that the u. S. Is ready to get involved, once again, telling reporters that iraq will need more he

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