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Islamic State militants gain ground in Iraq

The Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack that killed 23 people in a Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad. Judy Woodruff speaks with Ned Parker of Reuters about the militants’ long approach toward the capital, as well as fresh sectarian strife despite hope that a new prime minister would help pull the country together.

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