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Identified people who could carry out these lone wolf attacks. is the fbi also monitoring these people? >> i wouldnt speak for the fbi here at the pentagon, i certainly wouldnt get into law enforcement issues here. without going into details and specifics, the foreign fighter threat is something that weve been focused on for a long time and will remain focused on. >> can you give us a status report on whats happening in mosul today. >> mosul remains a contested environment, as you know. all of i...

Iraqi troops on the front lines. just dont call them combat troops. >> these would be troops serving on the ground. these will be troops wearing boots, i assume. theyd be combat ready and in the line of fire. how your not considering these troops that are combat troops? >> they are not in a combat role. they are in an advise and assist role that yes, it does carry with it some risk. but it is different than the combat role that american troops were engaged in for such a long time in iraq. >> rep...

Troops to iraq to help protect embassy personnel in baghdad. and that brings the number to more than 800 troops helping with diplomatic security in iraq. the white house says they will not serve in a combat role. president obama will be consulting with nato allies on the situations in iraq and syria. in kansas city an intense manhunt is under way after a deadly shooting rampage. three people were shot and killed and two others critically injured. the shootings took place at several homes in th...

Its disgusting. we are seeing these other religious and ethnic minorities be persecuted because of their identities. >> reporter: weve ridden along, seeing air support up close. but dropping food, water and medicine into this hostile environment is a complicated and dangerous mission. isis fighters now have surface-to-air missiles and a slew of other firepower. the u.s. military is watching this all extremely closely and have all the necessary warplanes in place, if needed, which could put the u...

Something the president has said to this point -- u.s. troops would not be doing in iraq and thats something of a combat role as f as general certain zi says interests were threatened. do you theys significant? >> i do. i think that general dempsey as the chairman made sure in this press conference with defense secretary chuck hagel that he did not get boxed in in any way. he absolutely left every military option open. he says "were not there yet." he says this is not the war we had fought back ...

President said he would not put them in? >> what the pentagon will tell you is not a combat role. look, you know, as you and i have talked so much together about this, in iraq, combat can come to you very, very quickly. if they feel the airport is threatened, they will take action to defend it. that would put them into contact. its not like theyre going out looking for isis. i guess the question is, is isis going to come looking for them. >> no question. great reporting. thank you so much, barba...

Of the iraq security forces and offer them advice and assistant. that is very different. that couple hundred troops there advising iraqs security force says different than the hundred thousand or more american troops who are on the ground in iraq when this president took office and on the front lines fighting people, fighting people who are shooting at them. in this situation, we have american troops, a small number, couple hundred, working closely with security forces. but they dont have a comb...

The northwest side of baghdad, and the u.s. feeling right now, is they have to do everything to keep that airport open and safe for operations. theres a lot of supplies and equipment going in and out of there. but perhaps even more importantly, to keep it open and safe in case, in case, the u.s. decides it wants to or has to evacuate the u.s. embassy very quickly if theres an attack on baghdad, if theres an attack on the epbasmbassy. this is putting things into place even more. even more securit...

Obama to send up to 300 u.s. military advisers to iraq. the president emphasized these special forces will not be in a combat role. to many, that sounds familiar. >> five american helicopters are shot down. three american advisers are killed, 63 vietnamese die. >> weve got u.s. military advisers flewing combat missions, advisers accompanying vietnamese forces. their role went beyond simply advising. >> my first guests are colorado congressman, mike kofman. also, phillip mud, cnn counterterrorism...

North, close to kirkuk. others of the special forces are actually going to be embedded with the iraqi military. they will provide strateg being advice, planning advice. president obama spoke with msnbcs mika brzezinski on friday. take a listen to what he had to say about the current situation there. >> some of the forces that have always possibly pulled iraq apart are stronger now. those forces that could keep the country united are weaker. it is ultimately going to be up to the iraqi leadership...