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Get close enough to even try to attempt to come into this country and reek havoc. as you know, that has already happened in october. more than a hundred people were killed in the capital, two suicide bombers that turkey has said were isis militants and along the border earlier than that, earlier this year, there was an incident that ended up leaving 30 people dead from a suicide bomber. there is a huge concern, as you might imagine, about isis itself and any other jihadists that happen to be roaming around in syria looking to do damage to turkey and beyond. so there is a great deal of desire f...

Assist, advise role, these are combat forces going to conduct direct operations. this is no longer are we going to put boots on the ground. we are putting boots on the ground. this is not going to be in a standoff role. these are going to be combat forces. i don't know how the -- if the u.s. administration is going to spin this. they're going to say it's not a combat role. i don't know how they can do this. this represents a shift. i think it's an admission that what we're doing so far hasn't worked, and this is the next step. a lot of people are concerned that the next step, of course, is wha...

Blowers. i know that several gagss going on in your committee, also the pentagon inspector general. how substantial is the evidence that intelligence was doctors, sir? >> well it's very concerning and the whis. blower that i've talked to was very compelling. and clearly some of the information that has come out in the last seven days supported what that whistle-blower blamed. any time we've got intelligence that may have been altered in some way, shape or form to fit a narrative that might be the narrative set by the white house, is concerning to me. to think that it could come from one of our...

Decision yet. defense and administration sources say one of the possibilities is more american troops on the ground in iraq and syria. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr joins me now with the latest. how real a possibility is this? >> you know, anderson, this is exactly what the president said he would not do, have combat forces on the ground. now we are hearing about it, so how real? officials are telling me there's two things in play here. one is presidential legacy. the president having only so many months left in office, and he wants to show more progress in iraq and syria than the c...

Today. now, the white house has not made a decision yet, but defense and administration sources say one of the possibilities is more american troops on the ground in iraq and syria. pentagon correspondent barbara starr has the latest. how real a possibility is this? >> reporter: you know, anderson, this is exactly what the president said he would not do, have combat forces on the ground. now we're hearing about it, so how real? officials are saying there's two things in play here. one is presidential legacy. the president having only so many months left in office and he wants to show more prog...