The latest on militant violence in Iraq

On Friday, President Obama said the U.S. is not planning to send troops back into Iraq despite the worsening security situation in the country. A fast-moving insurgency in Iraq has taken over key cities, raising fears Iraq is slipping back into sectarian chaos following the U.S. withdrawal in 2011.

Marina Ottaway, senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center, joins The Daily Circuit to give us an update.

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