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Called for regime change with america s track record, they have a problem and people in the state department know there is a lot of skepticism about what they are claiming. they say that the draw down in baghdad was necessary as well as in erbil. that the suspicious. i ve been there. you ve been there. this is the most heavily fortified embassy in the world. it very hard to understand why a post such as baghdad with no family, no dependents, only people who are supposed to be official, why they would have that draw down? that seemed more symbolic. that was really it just it seemed to be part of a threat tempo. the real problem here is congress has not been briefed. there will be a briefing for the gang of eight tomorrow but tim kaine won t be in that briefing. others, lindsey graham won t be in that briefing and the fact that the foreign relations and intelligence committees have not been briefed tells you how much distrust there is even among ....
Those talks could prove to be difficult. george? senior international correspondent ben wedeman live for us in erbil, iraq, thank you for your reporting. the world health organization may reconsider naming zimbabwe s president robert mugabe as a goodwill ambassador. health experts and rights activists are stunned by the pick because the long-standing corruption and abuse of power allegations that stand against mr. mu gau mugabe. they re rethinking the appointment in light of who values. he says the agency is listening to critics concerns. kenyans are set to cast ballots on thursday on the country s second presidential vote in two months, but doubt is growing over whether the new election will even happen as frustrations among kenyans boils into the streets. this report from nairobi. reporter: since the presidential elections, kenya ....
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Raqqah has been under isis control for more than three years now, using the old city wall as a fighting position. cnn s senior international correspondent nick paton walsh joining me live in erbil with the latest. reporter: it is a key moment according to the coalition statement, got through the outer old city walls swiftly. they appear to have broached two substantial holes in the wall and that enabled the syrian, kurdish and arab forces surrounding ground and air support to get in and around that old city a lot faster,xpassing a lot of booby traps and defensive positions laid out by isis to slow them down. that puts them about three kilometers from the city center. that s pretty quick going, frankly, given this only started about a month ago now, and we ve seen a lot of progress on the ground. it s unclear really how long this will take, but it does look like it s going to be faster than the eight months onslaught ....