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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Obama’s Iraq Plan

    President Obama addressed the country today to talk about what the U.S. plans to do about the unravelling situation in the Middle East. The President has come under increased criticism lately for not doing more to stop the Sunni extremist group ISIS from taking over large sections of Iraq.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jun 19, 2014 • 1 min read

    President Obama addressed the country today to talk about what the U.S. plans to do about the unravelling situation in the Middle East. The President has come under increased criticism lately for not doing more to stop the Sunni extremist group ISIS from taking over large sections of Iraq. In his speech, Obama said the US will send 300 military advisors to Iraq to help the country’s security forces. But he won’t send combat troops.

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    1. 0:00Obama’s Iraq PlanYou’re reading this
    2. 7:57Dov Charney Out at American Apparel
    3. 18:14Solving the Student Loan Nightmare
    4. 27:08Animal Madness
    5. 42:29Changes at CA Supreme Court
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Andrew Walsh

      Too Beautiful to Live

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Emily T. Green

      freelance reporter based in Mexico City

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      Indira Lakshmanan

      Poynter Institute for Media Studies / Boston Globe

      News

    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Dov Gets Booted, Obama Updates Iraq Plan, and Animals Go Mad
    1. 0:00Obama’s Iraq PlanYou’re reading this
    2. 7:57Dov Charney Out at American Apparel
    3. 18:14Solving the Student Loan Nightmare
    4. 27:08Animal Madness
    5. 42:29Changes at CA Supreme Court
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