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Will put them back where they belong. the announcement comes after the head of irans military force met with iraqi officials over the weekend to help the government coordinate a response. s they said they had any interference in iraq and the statement to be directed specifically at iran. the big question tonight, though, concerned how much and what kind of american military involvement, if any at all. the only thing the white house ruled out is sending come basketball for -- combat forces back t...

Head of the qods force met to help the government coordinate a response. saudi arabias foreign minister in turn said his country opposed any foreign intervention and any interference in iraq, a statement widely believed to be directed at iran. the big question tonight, though, concerned how much and what kind of american military involvement, if any at all. the only thing the white house ruled out is sending combat forces back into iraq for a look at the other options, were joined by jim sciutto...

But colonel jack, unpack a little bit of what you heard from the president today. you still did get questions from the gallery about whether or not we are creeping and whether there could be missions people, military missions. but what i thought i heard was absolutely we are not doing a combat mission. what did you hear? >> there are going to be combat missions, but theyre not going to be done by combat forces. when people think about boots on the ground, theyre thinking about the first armor di...

I dont think foreign policy should be defined by what we wont do. but there is a continues between having boots on the ground which effectively he has not ruled out and having combat forces. boots on the ground well need. well need people to do forward spotting and intelligence, especially when it comes to the iraqis retaking the cities. you cant do that with fighter aircraft. you need drones. so well have to have some boots on the ground. by the way for that well need a status of forces agreeme...

Leave iraq, that was made by george w. bush and agreement he seened in 2008. he said all u.s. forces would be out by december 2011. >> combat forces. >> but that was a decision made by george w. bush. >> combat forces. thats an important distinct. >> yes, it is an important distinction. the iraqi government wasnt willing to give diplomatic immunity. do you think he should have kept troops in there without diplomatic immunity? >> no. when we put forces back in there, one of the prices for malaki ...

Training and advising that might have prevented this current situation. so for the last several years, weve had a very, very small team on the ground. and i believe most of those have been connected with logistics of the equipment that the iraqis are buying from us, the f-16s and helicopters, so forth. >> admiral, is the president boxing himself into a corner when he is adamant about the fact that he is not going to send u.s. troops back into combat, but he is also saying these terrorists could ...

>> i think the timing is pretty good. the u.s. is the leaving afghanistan. theyre pulling out combat forces. thats what the taliban wants. you know, the united states can sort of say well the war is winding down. at the end of every war we do a prisoner exchange. the politics around this is better. >> reporter: bowe bergdahls picture sits in the u.s. military central commands offices. a reminder the fight to bring him home isnt over. >> have faith. do good works. continue to tell the truth. but ...

Possibility of putting u.s. boots back on the ground there in iraq. its important to remember, though, given the protests of senators mccain and graham that, you know, when the u.s. was bargaining or negotiating with iraq to keep some trainers and advisors there in iraq after the vast majority of troops withdrew, it was clear that president obama, his administration had no intention of keeping anybody in iraq, any combat forces. right now, there are only 200 u.s. american military, but theyre al...

Know they still need at least some limited amount of help. a lot less than theyve had before but still some. i think president hamid karzai knows that but hes withholding the signature. he thinks we want the basis so desperately that we will, therefore, be less difficult to deal with if he has leverage over us. i dont agree with his analysis but thats the way he views it. i think it does make some americans, some policy makers, some in congress worry that perhaps its not worth sustaining the ear...

Longer. youll regret this and sooner than you think. >> could the jumbo jet stuck at an airport on a short runway finally make liftoff? >> good day, im andrea mitchell in washington. and before foreign relations committee on the hill today. he took a moment to talk about thee issues, imprisonment of a u.s. citizen, iran calling israel a rabid dog, afghanistan announcement committed to long-term troops there after combat forces leave next year. >> u.s. there potentially for years and years, ameri...