History captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Congress that he is doubling the number of u. S. Forces headed to iraq. These new troops are being sent in with helicopters and will be equipped for combat. It was just 11 days ago that president obama announced that 300 advisors were headed to baghdad to help iraq fight an extremist insurgency that threatens to tear the country apart. But he insisted at that time that u. S. Forces will not be returning to combat. Apparently now the mission is growing. Major garrett is at the white house for us tonight. Major . Scott, white house officials insist this is not a signal of Mission Creep in iraq. They do acknowledge this means more forces with combat capability will be in baghdad but argue their only mission will be to protect u. S. Embassy personnel, secure baghdads airport and if necessary beef up military escorts in the event that the security situation in baghdad worsens to the point where large scale e
This is the big day. Finally here. That means productivity, as you know, in many of your offices may not be so hot. The u. S. Mens soccer team will have its chance to advance to the knockout round when it plays germany today. Nbcs kirk gregory has more for us. Reporter the u. S. Mens soccer team putting a few final touches on the ball as the americans head into their last group game of this world cup. We are getting better. We are getting stronger. With every game that we play, you know, we can build more and more a stronger foundation. We want to beat germany. We want to be first in our group. Were not thinking about a tie. Reporter a tie would advance the u. S. Into elimination play, but a loss, well, then it becomes more about mathematics than match play. The u. S. Is definitely in the round of 16 if ghana and portugal tie, but if either ghana or portugal beat the other handily, well, the u. S. Could see its hopes fade. One thing is for sure, u. S. Fans in brazil everything is possi
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. The president this evening has informed congress that he is doubling the number of u. S. Forces headed to iraq. These new troops are being sent in with helicopters and will be equipped for combat. It was just 11 days ago that president obama announced that 300 advisors were headed to baghdad to help iraq fight an extremist insurgency that threatens to tear the country apart. But he insisted at that time that u. S. Forces will not be returning to combat. Apparently now the mission is growing. Major garrett is at the white house for us tonight. Major . Reporter scott, white house officials insist this is not a signal of Mission Creep in iraq. They do acknowledge this means more forces with combat capability will be in baghdad but argue their only mission will be to protect u. S. Embassy personnel, secure baghdads airport, and if necessary beef up military escorts
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O Atlético Madrid assumiu ontem a liderança provisória da Liga espanhola de futebol, ao abrir a sexta jornada com um triunfo em casa do Getafe, por 2-1, dando a volta ao marcador no último quarto de hora.