Hillary Clinton participates in a conversation about her career in government and her new book, “Hard Choices.,” at the Council on Foreign Relations, in New York, Thursday, June 12, 2014. Clinton says what is happening in Iraq is “a dreadful, deteriorating situation.” The former secretary of state and potential 2016 presidential contender weighed in Thursday on the al-Qaida-inspired group that led this week’s capture of key Sunni-dominated cities in Iraq. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)