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Video: Bookman and Wingfield on Iraq

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By Kyle Wingfield
May 27, 2015

Twelve years after U.S.-led coalition forces rolled into Iraq, controversy remains -- and the country is aflame again under the attacks of ISIS. Is Iraq a campaign issue for 2016 campaign issue for Republicans, most of whom weren't in office in 2002-03, and for Hillary Clinton, who was? If so, what's the right way to think about it?

Jay and I discuss it in this week's video:

http://bcove.me/lwaav4r6

As always, let me know what you think in the comments.

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