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The U.S. in Iraq, strategic aid or political gesture?

I'm Barbara Bogave, sitting in for Warren Olney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met face-to-face today in Baghdad

with the embattled Iraqi Prime Minister, who agreed to form a new more inclusive government starting

next week. The meeting comes at a time when the militant group ISIS shows no sign of stopping.

This weekend it seized more towns and key border posts.

American officials aren't calling it boots on the ground, but the first wave of U.S. military

advisors has arrived in Baghdad. Can they revive the scattered Iraqi army, or is it up to Shiite

militias? Could new intelligence soon lead to U.S. air strikes? Also on today's talking point,

safety in the age of drones.

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And we're back with To The Point. I'm Barbara Bogaven for Warren only. Just ahead as ISIS gains ground in northern and western Iraq, President Obama has offered limited military support and is pressuring Iraq's Prime Minister to form a new coalition leadership. What U.S. options in the region to support a unified Iraq? We'll hear about that.

Also on today's talking point, drones in American airspace. As more tested here in domestic skies,

crashes are mounting what it bodes for the expansion of the national drone program. First,

this news update. This morning, the Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental

Protection Agency, in some cases, does not have the authority to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

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