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Him, imagining the demands put on his family. 14 deployments. the third piece of information that we have learned since the stunning news about that raid is that direct combat by u.s. forces literally with boots on the ground doing the fighting against isis at least according to the pentagon, that is not going to be an exceptional circumstance anymore. >> we wont hold back from supporting capable partners in op opportunistic it can attacks against sisal or conducting such missions directly wheth...

All down for you. nick? all right. the u.s. is ready to begin taking direction action on the ground to step up attacks on isis in syria and iraq. defense secretary ash carter telling the u.s. senate armed services committee that the u.s. wont back down from supporting its partners. jim sciutto live in washington with more for us. >> reporter: this is something the president has resisted since the start of military operations against isis. in fact, he said it wouldnt happen. u.s. troops in grou...

United states should be putting boots on the ground, i think would be a profound mistake and i want to be very clear and very explicit about that. >> the resolution we submitted today does not call for the deployment of u.s. ground combat forces to iraq or syria. >> we wont hold back from supporting capable partners and opportunistic attacks against isil or conducting such missions directly. whether by strikes from the air or direct action on the ground. >> congressman, thats what bothers me say...

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. ...

On his family. 14 deployments. the third piece of information that we have learned since the stunning news about that raid is that direct combat by u.s. forces literally with boots on the ground doing the fighting against isis at least according to the pentagon, that is not going to be an exceptional circumstance anymore. >> we wont hold back from supporting capable partners in op opportunistic it can attacks against sisal or conducting such missions directly whether by strikes from the air or d...

United states should be putting boots on the ground, i think would be a profound mistake and i want to be very clear and very explicit about that. >> the resolution we submitted today does not call for the deployment of u.s. ground combat forces to iraq or syria. >> we wont hold back from supporting capable partners and opportunistic attacks against isil or conducting such missions directly. whether by strikes from the air or direct action on the ground. >> congressman, thats what bothers me say...

Difficult for the opposition to overcome them, but the follow on question is, what do we do? do we want to get involved in what is then a proxy war with russia over assad? the diplomatic course is one that needs to be pursued first. >> what is your understanding, senator king to, the apparent new shift recommended by officials at the pentagon and elsewhere that the u.s. become more assertive, and get involved in more potential boots on the ground combat in going after isis whether in ramadi or s...

Bit of help will perhaps be the u.s. military, which still has a significant presence in afghanistan. it will have more helicopters and left power to get rescue teams to the area to help medivac people. houses built with mud, brick and unfortunately, they are not tall buildings, not high rises, they do tend to come down when the earth shakes this area. a lot of work will be needed to be done in the coming hours to assess the damage and to get to the people who may have been hurt and get them med...

Master sergeant joshua wheeler dead, coalition aircraft destroyed the isis prison in iraq where officials say 70 hostages were being held. the video youre talking about, poppy, the u.s. military releasing video of the strike that destroyed the prison and for the first time today were seeing intense video of the raid as it happened. you can see special forces going into the prison and liberating the hostages. at least 20 of whom were members of the iraqi security force. meanwhile master sergeant ...

Execution at a prison in northern iraq. this is the first known instance of united states troops in direct ground combat in iraq since the fight against isis began. we go to washington, dc. there are not supposed to be any boots on the ground in iraq. how, then, is the pentagon explaining wheelers death? >> the pentagon said that master sergeant wheeler died in a firefight but not in combat. president obama promised just last year united states troops in iraq would not have a combat mission only...