Counterterror Strategy

Guest: Eric Schmitt, Senior Writer for the New York Times and Co-author of “Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America’s Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda”  The Obama Administration is planning to send a small number of US ground troops to assist in the fight against ISIS in Syria. That’s a shift in the US policy toward ISIS, which for the last year has consisted mainly of air strikes and providing support to local forces.