Carney, McCain Engage in Epic Battle on CNN Over Obama's Handling of Iraq and ISIS

Curtis Houck | September 11, 2014
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More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.

After President Obama’s speech to the nation on Wednesday night, CNN brought on its newly-minted senior political commenator and former Obama White House Press Secretary Jay Carney and Republican Senator John McCain (Ariz.) to comment on what the President’s speech regarding U.S policy in dealing withy the Islamic terrorist group ISIS. 

However, the next eight minutes instantly evolved into a heated debate between the two over the President’s actions of withdrawing troops from Iraq early in his administration and whether that allowed a threat like ISIS to proliferate.

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