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>> reporter: at his first pentagon news conference standing by the u.k. minister of defense defense secretary ash carter added -- >> the sectarian danger in iraq is the principle thing that can unravel the campaign against isis isis. >> reporter: on capitol hill war protesters interrupted the defense secretary joint chiefs chairman and secretary of state who were asked to explain the president's request for a new war authorization or aumf to fight isis which now controls 1/3 of iraq and syria. it's the first time congress has voted to authorize war in 13 years. secretary kerry said it did not ...

When they get around to debating a request for a war authorization, no one knows what congress will do. reaction has not fallen along neat partisan lines so far. it is sort of all over the place. republicans say they will support president obama's authorization request, but they want to give him more power than he is asking for. there are democrats supporting him and opposing this. it doesn't break along the usual partisan lines or the usual liberal and conservative lines. that unpredictability can be seen in someone like seth moulton of massachusetts. he served four tours of duty with the mar...

It has been two weeks since president obama asked congress for use of military force. two weeks since he set parameters for a military campaign going on for months already. when they get around to debating a request for a war authorization, no one knows what congress will do. reaction has not fallen along neat partisan lines so far. it is sort of all over the place. republicans say they will support president obama's authorization request, but they want to give him more power than he is asking for. there are democrats supporting him and opposing this. it doesn't break along the usual partisan ...

With isis fighters that are prisoners. these stories pile up by the day about isis. because there is so much fighting in washington right now i think any real american bebait about what we want do about ice sis pushed back a little bit. it has been two weeks since president obama asked congress for use of military force. two weeks since he set parameters for a military campaign going on for months already. when they get around to debating a request for a war authorization, no one knows what congress will do. reaction has not fallen along neat partisan lines so far. it is sort of all over the p...

Clinton. >> regoogle. >> no. >> same bill. >> bill clinton this year and, of course, when it became much less popular, he stopped defending it but this is what the left, it's collective amnesia on the left. >> there were 23 senators in all who voted against the war authorization and hillary clinton was not one of them' chuck schumer was not one of them. bill clinton was a defender of the iraq war authorization and it hurts his credibility to make these articles. you still be critical of the execution of the war. >> you certainly can. i would put myself in that category. i supported -- i, like,...