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Ground, based on the transitions ive talked about. i do believe we have do provide our senior leadership options different than the current plan were going with. >> a senior pentagon official says theyve recommended that the 3,000 to 5,000 troops remain after 2016. troops can quickly strike and assist the afghan military which general campbell admitted cannot stop the taliban, isis or al qaeda on their own. despite years of training and nearly $700 billion spent since the start of the war. >> th...

They hand in. the u.s. military has been slowly trying to integrate women into what was once a male-only combat role over the past couple of years. last month, two women completed the grueling army ranger course for the first time. some women in the military say they want these combat roles because theyre often -- they often pay better and can help them get promoted faster. back in january of 2013, the then-secretary of defense, leon panetta, signed an order that got rid of the limits placed on ...

The fact that those threats still exist out there. and here at ft. meade we do some of the most important work in helping to coordinate our efforts to make sure that we are bringing to bear all elements of american power against those who would try to do us harm here in the homeland or overseas or would threaten our allies. despite the progress we have made in afghanistan, its still critically important that we have thousands of trainers and advisers who are supporting the afghan military effort...

Recruited to become isis wives, theyre being recruited to become fighters. >> only to a point. mainly isis see these women as wives for their fighters and mothers for a new generation for the caliphate. theres really not that much evidence theyre being used as a combat role. sure, theyre going out on patrols and holding isis virtue. and thats different. they were running out of men at that time. but at the moment they got plenty of men. the main role in syria and iraq for these females coming fr...

They dont really want to call it a no-fly zone but it has elements of that. i dont think it will drive us into a combat role yet. we had the president of syria this week talking about his inability to project power all across the country. very interesting speech where he acknowledges the military is not doing that well. now we have the turks and americans say in this northern strip, we will take care of isis for you, so until and unless the syrians decide to confront the turks and americans, i...

Appetite of the american people to put boots on ground back in iraq in a combat role. does the presidents administration and actions fall short of the rhetoric? >> i have great deal of respect for ken pollack and thats within terninterpretation. i believe were talking about a military offensive and what form do we play in that no combat enduring offensive action on the ground. but also communications strategy, i think thats a place where we must and could do better. they had been very successful...

Its pretty understandable that iraqi forces got shaken. i dont think thats what secretary carter was talking about. i think secretary carter was talking about the will of the government of iraq to be strong enough to show the kinds of leadership and the kinds of internal cohesion thats necessary here. >> we have heard the president. we have heard the secretary of state say that the iraqis have to step up. but see what we are seeing, is there the sense of frustration that the u.s. has to do more ...

Terms of the raid and the capture of umm sayyaf and of course the kill of her husband. elizabeth. >> all right, thank you very much. leeland. for perspective, we turn to john hanna senior counselor for defense democracies, former national security adviser to former vice president dick cheney. it sounds an awful lot like boots on the ground something the president said wasnt going to happen. >> it does lee lan, it looks like a shift in the u.s. approach. so far, we know special forces are in ir...

Seven others wounded by the gunman who was wearing an afghan military uniform. with more heres abcs martha raddatz. >> reporter: since the official end of its combat role in afghanistan, u.s. troops rarely travel outside of the security of american bases but these u.s. soldiers were in the rest of town of jalalabad protecting an american diplomate, meeting with a local governor. it was after the diplomate departed the meeting by helicopter when his security detail traveling in a military convoy ...

Put this coalition together. >> it appears to be pretty big. it stretches from morocco to pakistan. why are so many countries so concerned about this rebel group that a few weeks ago most people have never heard of. >> it is backed by iran. they perceive this as an attempt by iran to dominate the region. to be honest with you, theyre not wrong. saudi arabia in particular terribly concerned about these rebels moving across the very porous border from yemen to saudi arabia. thats where they are tr...