Dunford Warns of Potential Iran-Saudi Rift Fallout on ISIS Campaign

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford was in Iraq last week to gauge the fallout from the Iran-Saudi Arabia rift on the campaign against ISIS to include the potential for increased risk to U.S. troops.

Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, echoed Dunford's concerns. The Sunni-Shia Muslim divide at the core of the severing of relations between Shia Iran and Sunni Saudi Arabia had far-reaching consequences for the region, "including for our troops," Thornberry said Sunday on C-Span's "Newsmakers" program.