The crisis in Iraq presents few good options to US policy makers. The President is consulting with Congress on the possibility of air strikes, which Iraq has now formally requested. But at least one former policy maker argues you can’t intervene in Iraq without intervening in Syria.
Anne-Marie Slaughter served as director of policy planning at the State Department from 2009 to 2011. She speaks with anchor Lisa Mullins about what the US can and cannot do to stop Syria’s brutal crackdown on anti-government activists in that country.
When Anne-Marie Slaughter joined the Obama administration as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s director of policy planning she became the first woman to hold the position. In February, Slaughter left the job as protests were beginning in Libya. Since leaving office, she’s been very vocal about her concerns regarding the U.S. approach to Libya through blogging […]