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Get close enough to even try to attempt to come into this country and reek havoc. as you know, that has already happened in october. more than a hundred people were killed in the capital, two suicide bombers that turkey has said were isis militants and along the border earlier than that, earlier this year, there was an incident that ended up leaving 30 people dead from a suicide bomber. there is a huge concern, as you might imagine, about isis itself and any other jihadists that happen to be roa...

Assist, advise role, these are combat forces going to conduct direct operations. this is no longer are we going to put boots on the ground. we are putting boots on the ground. this is not going to be in a standoff role. these are going to be combat forces. i dont know how the -- if the u.s. administration is going to spin this. theyre going to say its not a combat role. i dont know how they can do this. this represents a shift. i think its an admission that what were doing so far hasnt worked, a...

Blowers. i know that several gagss going on in your committee, also the pentagon inspector general. how substantial is the evidence that intelligence was doctors, sir? >> well its very concerning and the whis. blower that ive talked to was very compelling. and clearly some of the information that has come out in the last seven days supported what that whistle-blower blamed. any time weve got intelligence that may have been altered in some way, shape or form to fit a narrative that might be the n...

Decision yet. defense and administration sources say one of the possibilities is more american troops on the ground in iraq and syria. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr joins me now with the latest. how real a possibility is this? >> you know, anderson, this is exactly what the president said he would not do, have combat forces on the ground. now we are hearing about it, so how real? officials are telling me theres two things in play here. one is presidential legacy. the president having ...

Today. now, the white house has not made a decision yet, but defense and administration sources say one of the possibilities is more american troops on the ground in iraq and syria. pentagon correspondent barbara starr has the latest. how real a possibility is this? >> reporter: you know, anderson, this is exactly what the president said he would not do, have combat forces on the ground. now were hearing about it, so how real? officials are saying theres two things in play here. one is president...

A combat role. >> u.s. forces are not in an active combat mission. >> it represents a continuation of our advice and assist mission. >> our position is a support mission. >> we do not have combat coordinations there the way we had once upon a time in iraq. >> u.s. forces are not in a combat role in iraq. >> and it went on. retired army reserve lieutenant colonel tony shaffer is an operative. they got hammered from press across the board from every media outlet. >> yes, they did. >> for refusing ...

A combat role. >> u.s. forces are not in an active combat mission. >> it represents a continuation of our advice and assist mission. >> our position is a support mission. >> we do not have combat coordinations there the way we had once upon a time in iraq. >> u.s. forces are not in a combat role in iraq. >> and it went on. retired army reserve lieutenant colonel tony shaffer is an operative. they got hammered from press across the board from every media outlet. >> yes, they did. >> for refusing ...

Raids like this, were going to lose a lot more people. >> so, it also, in a sense, feels a little bit like mission creep. you have u.s. delta forces on the ground, fine, they may be the best of the best, but theyre the ones making the decision if u.s. special forces are engaging in combat. weve been told there are no combat forces in iraq. the defense secretary saying there are going to be others in harms way. this is combat. >> this is combat. were in a ground war now. were back in a ground war...

Youre watching cnn newsroom. and thank you for being with us this hour. in a major policy shift, u.s. president barack obama is now abandoning his plan to withdraw most u.s. forces from afghanistan. during his 2008 presidential campaign, he promised to end two wars. in 2011, he removed american combat forces from iraq. but the war in afghanistan is proving more difficult to end. on thursday, the president announced 9800 troops would remain there through the end of 2016. and they all comes on the...

About, it is isis as well. you have two enemies on the ground in addition to supporting combat forces on the afghan side. >> a cornerstone of the obama foreign policy right now and over the last few years has been to train other countrys forces, to train forces in iraq, to train forces in afghanistan and, yes, even to train forces inside syria to take the battle to the terrorists. now, in each one of these places, we have found it could not be done as fast or as effectively as the u.s. had wante...