ambassador john negroponte. we will be right back. >> welcome back. as radical islamist militant surge in iraq, president obama says no options are off the table. we are joined by john negroponte. thank you for being with us, mr. in boston or -- mr. ambassador. you have said we should consider all requests melekeok -- ma laki might make. should some sort of air attack be imminent? >> some help should be provided. airstrikes or drone attacks would be appropriate. and soon. as quickly as possible. every hour, every day, time is lost to read hopefully that decision will be forthcoming. as far as the threat to bag dead force ishdad, this going to meet push back from the iraq he armed forces. they will come up against that betterops -- against troops and a less friendly environment. i don't think baghdad is under imminent threat. still, it is an alarming situation. your colleague says no amount of u.s. assistance is going to make a difference. this is basically a feeling, over there, of a government not worth fighting for. >> this is a government we have b

joining me now, john negroponte, former ambassador to iraq, and first deco director of u.s. intelligence under president bush. these are breath taking victories for the isil. oriif you prefer, isis, they sem to be all but unstoppable. >> it is a give killer situatio -- it is a difficult situation, but not hopeless, and not reversible. once they get closer to baghdad there will be a push back. i think that government is now stiff ending its spine, it was purposimportant that president e the announcement that he did late last week, and i think that has been a shot in the arm. followed up by secretary kerry's visit, as you saw, he was well received by prime minister al-maliki when he was in baghdad today. difficult, yes, hopeless, no. >> and some would say that his better demeanor, borne of disperration, as we just reported, army is being decimated. you say it not hopeless but that would presume significant u.s. military help, i saw. assume. >> i think u.s. help, we're not putting boots back on the ground, they will help in form of intelligence, and prepare ground for any kind

we take that up with former director of national intelligence, john negroponte. and blockbuster revelations in new book blood feud, could jeopardize hillary clinton's run for white house. ed klein with what he says. and best selling author of communist call congresser among our guest, talking about whether president's pension for chaos at home or abroad or on bored or amounts to a preference, we begin in baghdad, secretary of state kerry held crisis talks with iraqi prime minister al-maliki who signed that status of force agreement with united states he declines 3 earliers ago, kerry stressed importance of iraqi bringing a widening sectarian and ethnic divide in iraq. >> this is a critical moment for iraq's future, a moment of decision for iraq's leaders and a moment of great urgency, iraq faces a echo step a threat, thar stros meet that threat -- leaders have to meet that threat. lou: isil continues its tight grip in iraq, taking two border posts, one on frontier with jordan another with syria, "new york times" reporting that isil now controls all of iraq's west

from washington journal, this 45 minutes. >> john negroponte is a former u.s. ambassador to iraq, he joins us now as we continue our discussion on the militant uprising in that country. you started your service in iraq a decade ago as insurgents were trying to destibl az the country. how does the threat today compare to what you saw first hand back in 2004 and 2005? >> well, i think things have really changed a lot. probably the most important thing is that we withdrew our troops at the end of 2011, so there's no u.s. military presence, nor is there the kind of diplomatic presence that we had previously. so we're no longer, say, an honest broker in the situation, and i think that was very important both militarily and politically. and the other thing is that the situation in syria has gotten so bad since 2011. and i think part of what we're seeing happening in iraq today is really the spillover of the situation that has been developing with isis in syria over the past several years. this is the islamic state of iraq and syria, also known as the isil on this map

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is a john negroponte former u.s. ambassador to iraq and he joins us as we continue our discussion on the militant uprising in that country. ambassador negroponte, you started your service in iraq a decade ago as insurgents then were trying to destabilize the country. iraq facese threat today compared to what you saw firsthand hand in 2004, 2005? guest: i think things have really changed a lot. probably the most important thing is we withdrew our troops at the end of 2011 so there is really no u.s. military presence , nor is there the kind of diplomatic presence that we had previously. we say,o longer, shall an honest broker in the situation, and that is important militarily and politically. and the other thing is that the situation in syria has gotten so -- gotten so 11 bad since 2011, and part of what we are seeing happen in iraq today is really the spillover of the situation that has been s intoping with isi syria the past several years. host: this is the islamic state of iraq and syria, also known as isil. on this

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is a john negroponte former u.s. ambassador to iraq and he joins us as we continue our discussion on the militant uprising in that country. ambassador negroponte, you started your service in iraq a decade ago as insurgents then were trying to destabilize the country. iraq facese threat today compared to what you saw firsthand hand in 2004, 2005? guest: i think things have really changed a lot. probably the most important thing is we withdrew our troops at the end of 2011 so there is really no u.s. military presence , nor is there the kind of diplomatic presence that we had previously. we say,o longer, shall an honest broker in the situation, and that is important militarily and politically. and the other thing is that the situation in syria has gotten so -- gotten so 11 bad since 2011, and part of what we are seeing happen in iraq today is really the spillover of the situation that has been s intoping with isi syria the past several years. host: this is the islamic state of iraq and syria, also known as isil. on this

up in 45 minutes, we hear from john negroponte on the , a former u.s.aq ambassador and former intelligencedirector. ornstein on eric cantor's by mary lawson what it means for polarization in congress. and, when they young talks about -- linda young talks about her groups work to help unaccompanied immigrant miners. host: good morning. it is tuesday, june 17, 2014. the house is back in session starting at noon and the first vote in the senate takes place at 11:00 a.m. but the unfolding crisis in iraq is likely to continue to dominate the discussion on both ends of pennsylvania avenue today. president obama inform congress of a new personnel deployment to protect the u.s. embassy in iraq and there are talks with iranian officials on was to stabilize iraq. where do you stand with the u.s. engaging with iran on this issue?

we're going to bring in john mccain, john negroponte, people who know the situation there very well, discuss it. we're also going to talk about how that problem is causing more destabilization in iraq and where the future leads there and in afghanistan. so, john and christine, that story is complicated, but we have to pay attention to it, because it may well be the future of u.s. military plans. >> developing situation, a giant crisis and getting worse by the minute. all right, chris, look forward to that. >> what's not complicated is the fact that oil prices around the world are rising because everyone's very concerned about what's happening there. >> so, this could affect you directly very soon. >>> meanwhile, we now know how donald sterling plans to keep the l.a. clippers in his hands. we will tell you these plans right after the break. wrench? what? aflac! so this is who you brought to help us out? oh yeah, he's the best. he doesn't look like he's seen a tool in his life. oh, he doesn't know anything about tools. aflac-ac-ac-ac-ac-ac-ac! but when i broke my arm, he lent a hand. h

joining me is john negroponte. ambassador, nice to see you, sir.have in one hand a -- centuries' long civil war that's been taking place in parts of the middle east for a long time. let me ask you this. what's the responsibility -- the responsibility you believe the u.s. to assist al maliki at this point? >> it is a very serious problem. not only for iraq but for the entire region. and i think that the region has a responsibility as well as the united states. maliki's asked for help. we are rushing military equipment there. i think that we should seriously consider whatever requests he makes of us. >> what can air strikes do? >> well, air strikes -- they are not a panacea, not the answer in and of themselves. there is no substitute. no air strikes or drones drones can substitute for effective action on the ground. >> likelihood of the u.s. actual will you sending troops on the ground, that's less than zero percent chance. that's very likely except for the possibility of people who might man drone strikes or something like that. i would seriously co

coming up on the next washington journal, we'll hear from john negroponte, former u.s. ambassador to iraq on the situation in iraq. ornstein on eric cantor's primary loss. wendy young. >> tomorrow, housing and urban evelopment secretary nominee julian castro appears before the senate banking committee. live coverage at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. >> religion is a powerful identity-forming mechanism. it's part of -- part of human society is figuring out who's us and who's them, right? religion answers that question pretty easily. if you pray like me, if you eat like me, if you go to the same church as i do then you're us and if you don't then you're them and you can see very easily how that kind of us-them, ingroup-out group mindset could very easily lead o extremism to marginalization. after all, religion may be the most powerful form of identity formation but just as powerful is violence. how do you know who's us and who's them? if you're fighting alongside me, you're us. if you're fighting against me, you're them. far from religion and violence been -- being two t

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then former national security director john negroponte talks about u.s. options in iraq. later a confirmation hearing for julian castro. >> next, foreign policy experts discuss the escalating violence in iraq. national security, and how the u.s. should respond. the american conservative, the american prospect and the institute for security and conflict studies hosted the event. it's just over an hour. >> good morning. thank you all for coming. welcome to our conference on the new internationalism. i'd ike to thank george washington university and the institute for security and conflict studies for hosting this event and thanks also to our co-sponsors, the american conservative and the american prospect. my name is daniel larrison. i am a senior editor and i'll be moderating this morning's panel. this will be a discussion on threats and responses with the focus on how to manage threats without resorting to military action. we'll be addressing some of the following questions, what are the real threats to u.s. security and u.s. interests more gem, which u.s. interests are tr

john negroponte, former director of national intelligence under president george w. bush.> thank you. >> do you believe that we are in the if or the when stage of wondering about iraq's future and falling to these militants? >> oh, i think they're a long way from that. there's no question this has been an alarming and rather abrupt development, but i think they will get pushback as they go further south. i think the situation is very urgent. i think the president is right to be considering his options. and i hope he makes his decisions soon. i think he was also right to say that the politicians in baghdad have got to now rally around their country instead of perpetuating their partisan bickering. and lastly, i would say this is also, anything to being important to iraq and to ourselves, it's a major regional issue because of the uniindication of these extremist groups across borders between iraq and syria and i think there are other countries in the region like turkey that have a deep-seeded interest in this situation. >> there's something strange going on here. you have i