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Defeating ISIS might be just the beginning

Hosted by Warren Olney Nov. 08, 2016 National

With the votes still coming in, we’ll look ahead at one of the major challenges facing the next President of the United States: the fight against ISIS. It’s a legacy of George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq, one that Barack Obama has struggled unsuccessfully to leave behind. He reportedly hopes the City of Mosul will be "liberated" before he leaves office, with Raqqa -- the capitol of the "Caliphate" next in line.

Photo: Capitol building in Raqqa. Beshr Abdulhadi.

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Credits

Host:
Warren Olney

Producers:
Jenny Hamel, Katie Cooper, Paul von Zielbauer