Sudan and South Sudan: Should US Intervene?

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The world’s newest country, South Sudan, says it will withdraw troops from a disputed oil field in the north, which it accuses of using the area to launch attacks.

But both Sudan and South Sudan are still toe-to-toe.

Anchor Lisa Mullins talks to Andrew Natsios of Georgetown University, who is advocating military intervention by the United States to protect the South.

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