Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20151030:17:30:00
At that time, white house officials were saying it wasn't combat. secretary of defense carter was the first one in the administration to say from the podium here in the pentagon it's combat, it's complicated. subsequently, other military officials have said of course it's combat. if you're on the ground, if you're getting shot at and returning fire, it's combat. and i understand what josh earnest is going through. he's trying to protect more or less a political policy rather than a military mission here. and if there are u.s. military forces on the ground for a sustained period of time inside ...