Karl to Carney: How Can Obama Still Claim Iraq as a Signature Achievement?

Karl to Carney: How Could Obama Still Claim Iraq as a Signature Achievement? (Washington Free Beacon)

ABC White House reporter Jonathan Karl challenged spokesman Jay Carney to say whether the Obama administration can still claim ending the war in Iraq and decimating core al Qaeda as signature foreign policy achievements Thursday.

Iraq’s situation has deteriorated rapidly, with the city of Mosul falling Tuesday to an al Qaeda-linked organization that further destabilized the country.

“The president and senior officials in this White House have repeatedly, over the years and as recently as Tuesday, described as the president’s top foreign policy accomplishment ending the war in Iraq and decimating and destroying core al Qaeda,” Karl said. “Given what we’re seeing now in Iraq, can you still claim those as two of your signature achievements?”