How the Obama Administration Handled the Rise of ISIS

In 2015, FRONTLINE examined how the Obama administration handled warning signs about ISIS, and what led to the terror group’s ascent. (Aired 2014) In late 2011, nearly nine years after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq under President George W. Bush, U.S. troops left the country while President...

53 min - War & Military - FRONTLINE PBS

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