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On pre-existing conditions, allowing insurance companies to cherry pick again while slashing medicaid by, you know, over $730 billion. that's hard to -- >> let me get you -- >> if they want to focus on fixing what can be changed in the exchanges, we're all in. prescription drug costs, we're all in. many other things. but don't blow up what is working. >> let me ask you two other topics, senator, before i let you go. i know you have to head out of town here, soon. parts of president trump's travel ban go into effect tonight as you are aware. you have previously called the revised ban harmful, f...

Security forces. >> i'd like to ask again, does the united states military think the iraqi military can hold? this department, does secretary hagel, think that the iraqi forces can hold baghdad? >> i don't give that, i take every opportunity to answer your questions. >> reporter: the joking, after spending $730 billion on the war with nearly 4,500 u.s. troops killed and 32,000 wounded. >> yes. we were surprised and disappointed by the poor performance of some iraqi security force units. they're up in the north. >> reporter: air strikes pose significant problems. there are no u.s. ground troops...

>> could this be arook one more time with less than perfect intelligence? even as the militants continue advancing towards baghdad, president obama is still looking at all military options except for sending ground troops. >> i have asked my national security team to prepare a range of other options that could help support iraq security forces. >> but the pentagon repeatedly not willing to endorse iraq security forces. >> i'm going to ask, does the military think the iraqi military can hold this? does secretary hagel think the iraqi forces can hold baghdad? >> i didn't give up any opportunity ...

America's ambassador telling us then of his fears. >> it's very much in our interest to have an iraq that is stable and not to have sectarian conflict or an al qaeda presence that can be used to destabilize the rest of the region. >> reporter: so 11 years after the u.s. invaded iraq, nearly 4500 american lives were lost and spent over $730 billion, iraq is in crisis. those iraqi forces were trained and expected to stand up to the threat clearly they failed and there is little the u.s. can do about it. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. well, this morning defense secretary chuck hagel will...

The first two years of the war. he's the author of "the imperial life and the emerald city in little america." gentlemen, we appreciate you joining us. rajiv, i want to go to you first, the cost of the war to the united states was enormous, 4400 u.s. deaths, 33,000 wounded, $730 billion spent. the cost goes up into the trilliones if you look at other estimates. you had an interesting column of the outlook section of the "washington post" this past sunday talking about myths of the war. one you said specifically that the surge in fact did not work. that it worked militarily in terms of stopping...