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Know, it was part of what the president says. you know, you never get advice from the pentagon that says remove troops, right? no military official says this is the right time. >> we need less. >> thats right. you never hear that from a military commander. give us less troops, sir. is there a kocogent case in you mind, to pull our troops from seer wra and afghanistan? >> our troop footprint is fairly small, and most of the thing theyre doing there are counterterrorism operations or training the ...

Campaign. >> reporter: he consistently said hes not going to put boots on the ground, josh. you dont deny that. hes consistently said that. that would not be part of this strategy. >> well, again, kristen, the only quote you read to me is a quote from 2013 that is a direct question related to what we were prepared to do to ensure that our concerns about the assad regime and the need for regime change were implemented. the fact is the president said we are not going to implement a military strate...

A ground operation in syria. and see a ground combat operation in syria, i am trying to figure out how can we measure that point? what are soldiers in combat doing these trained advice. it looks and smells and sounds loc a combat mission and soldiers are doing. and the pentagon described it -- >> what i am trying to do is as specific as possible about the responsibilities that the special operation personnel has. this is not an attempt to diminish the risk that they will face or the bravery that...

So -- a ground combat operation in syria. so im trying to figure out how can we measure that? what are soldiers in combat doing that these train, advise and assist soldiers arent doing? it looks and smells and sounds like a combat mission. and soldiers are dying. the pentagon has described some of this -- >> let me say, what im trying to do is to be as specific as possible with you about the specific responsibilities that these special operations personnel have. this is not in any way an attempt...

Difference in night and day, between the strategy that president obama was implementing, to counter isil, and the strategy of a large term long scale ground combat operation that the bush administration pursued in 2003. the president did go out of his way to make quite clear that our strategy is quite different. the strategy was -- that difference existed then and that difference exists today. and what the president did in the context of that speech and in the numerous other times that you all h...

That there would not with be a ground combat operation in syria, and so im trying to figure out how can we measure that point? h what are soldiers in combat doing that these trained advice and assist soldiers are not doing, because it look, and smells and sounds like a combat mission, and soldiers are dying, and pentagon has described some of that. >> and what i am trying to do is to be as specific as possible with you about the specific responsibilities that the special operations personnel hav...

Ground in iraq in an advising and training capacity against isis. then of course, it was u.s. special operations raids in syria and in iraq. and now it is apparently u.s. ground combat direct action on the ground by u.s. forces and not just in iraq but in iraq and in syria, as well. this seems like a biggest calation, like a big policy change to be announced in a pretty soft spoken way in unheralded testimony before a senate committee that basically had no spectators there. is it actually as big...

Ground combat against isis rather than just helping out the iraqis or syrian rebel groups to do that fighting on their own. so first it was u.s. air strikes against isis in iraq and syria. then it was u.s. troops on ground in iraq in an advising and training capacity against isis. then of course, it was u.s. special operations raids in syria and in iraq. and now it is apparently u.s. ground combat direct action on the ground by u.s. forces and not just in iraq but in iraq and in syria, as well. ...

Shrinking the size of the military like i ended the ability to fight two ground wars at once. president obama unveiling this at the pentagon. now, this new strategy would scale back ground forces and shift more resources to both air and sea. it would also result in 47,000 fewer troops in the military within the next five years. lets go straight to the pentagon to chris lawrence. what does this mean? the pentagon is letting go the capability of fighting these two ground wars simultaneously? >> yo...

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