Secretary of State John Kerry urged Iraq's new leaders to work quickly to form an inclusive government, adding that the US is prepared to offer the country significant additional aid in the fight against a group of militants calling itself the Islamic State.

Much of the current conflict is focused in northern Iraq, where these militants have taken over much of the region.

That's also where we've reached reporter Hermione Gee. She's in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan and home to a US consulate, and she talked to Take Two on Tuesday.