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Jane Harman on The Daily Rundown

Jane Harman comments on the developing ISIL situation; what might happen if ISIL did, in fact, obtain three fighter jets, the power and success of the Kurdish fighters, and the role that Turkey has played in the conflict.

Jane Harman comments on the developing ISIL situation; what might happen if ISIL did, in fact, obtain three fighter jets, the power and success of the Kurdish fighters, and the role that Turkey has played in the conflict. 

"It seems to me, three fighter jets going up against us, and even the Assad forces, are not going to last very long. And if we have any reason to believe they are around, we are going to look for them," says Jane Harman. 

She also adds that, "they are putting the so-called boots on the ground that we're looking for. Hopefully, as they push ISIL back, that will encourage other moderate sunnis on the ground to join the fight."

Lastly she states,"Turkey is a NATO member and a U.S. ally. Turkey has, at least up to this point, not been all in. The foreign fighters, many of them, are in syria because of what was the porous Turkish border." 

View the original interview here. 

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Jane Harman

Distinguished Fellow and President Emerita, Wilson Center

Jane Harman, Distinguished Fellow and President Emerita, Wilson Center, is an internationally recognized authority on U.S. and global security issues, foreign relations and lawmaking. A native of Los Angeles and a public-school graduate, she went on to become a nine-term member of Congress, serving decades on the major security committees in the House of Representatives. Drawing upon a career that has included service as President Carter’s Secretary of the Cabinet and hundreds of diplomatic missions to foreign countries, Harman holds posts on nearly a dozen governmental and non-governmental advisory boards and commissions.

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