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The american forces that have been deployed to iraq do not and will not have a combat mission. they will support iraqi forces on the ground. >> could you please explain how more raids fits with no combat troops? >> we have this capability. it is a great american strength. it doesnt represent us assuming a combat role. it represents a continuation of our advise and assist mission. >> you alluded twice to his actions. his actions and the actions of a fellow special operations soldier. could you pr...

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 ...

The remains of master sergeant joshua wheeler returned to the u.s. he is the first american to die in combat on iraqi soil since 2011. he was killed while a special operations team rescued about 70 hostages from an isis controlled prison. defense secretary, ash carter, told reporters that we should expect to see more missions like this. >> well do more raids. remember, we did,if you remember, the raid that took down abu sayyaf, we have this capability. it is a great-american strength. it doesnt ...

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 ...

Combat troops? >> we have this capability. it is a great american strength. it doesnt represent us assuming combat role. it represents a continuation of our our advise and assist meigs. things are complicated. this is someone who saw the team that he was advising and assisting coming under attack. and he rushed to their -- to help them and made it possible for them to be effective. and in doing that, lost his own life. >> that is so insulting to the military. look, the guy was fighting a war. no...

So i think that plus the fact that the russians say that the fsa are not really terrorists. adds up to this interesting movement. how can they move forward? how can they get everybody to the table? >> thanks for breaking it down for us. we appreciate it. today, the body of an american service member killed in iraq. master sergeant, joshua wheeler, lost his life during a daring rescue mission that led to the l liberation of 70 hostages. this marks the first death by enemy fire since 2001. ash c...

Become something if not close to combat as this started right in the middle of combat, and anybody who has seen it knows that when you are in a firefight that is a combat role even if it is called the assist role. >> it is. colonel, i want you to listen to what the white house press secretary peter cook said about this mission. >> this is within the national security of the united states because it is a larger effort against aisic isil and those wh with us to stop them, and this is a successful ...

Aarphealth.com today and tomorrow take on the world. the american forces that have been deployed to iraq do not and will not have a combat mission. they will support iraqi forces on the ground. >> could you please explain how more raids fits with no combat troops? >> we have this capability. it is a great american strength. it doesnt represent us assuming a combat role. it represents a continuation of our advise and assist mission. >> you alluded twice to his actions. his actions and the actio...

Clinton, bernie sanders and martin omalley if they all stay in. so its shrinking. >> you mean if martin omalley stays in. >> yeah. he would be the next. he is at four percent in that poll. he mentioned. bernie sanders has been running strong, especially in iowa and new hampshire. but clinton seems to be solidifying her lead now. >> good to see you, ed. learning more about the u.s. soldier who died of a shootout with isis militants during a rescue mission in iraq. that it and why the defense sect...

Combat role. >> they will be in harms way. theres no question about it. i dont want anybody to be under any illusions about that. >> a u.s. military official confirms to cnn that master sergeant joshua l. wheeler, 39 of oklahoma, a 20-year military veteran was a member of the elite delta force. the deadly battle was the first time u.s. forces have directly engaged isis fighters on the ground in iraq. in a joint operation with kurdish commandos, u.s. special operators from the delta force raided ...