Obama Promises No Ground Troops in Iraq

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Yesterday, General Martin Dempsey, Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a Senate committee he might have to ask the President for ground troops to go back to Iraq, this time to fight the extremist group ISIS. Today in Florida, after meeting with senior commanders there, Mr. Obama reiterated that American forces "do not and will not have a combat mission." Jamie Tarabay is Senior Staff Writer with Al Jazeera America.

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