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Mot to have a combat role. but an apparent confirmation of what we already knew after commandos stormed a prison held by isis last week. an army master sergeant joshua wheeler became the first american killed in action in iraq since 2011. dying in combat even though according to the pentagon he did not have a combat role. >> he was killed in combat. that wasn't the intent of the obviously. he was accompanying those forces but when he saw that they were running into trouble, he very heroically acted in a way that all the reports suggest spelled the difference between the success and failure of ...

What we already knew after commandos stormed a prison held by isis last week. an army master sergeant joshua wheeler became the first american killed in action in iraq since 2011. dying in combat even though according to the pentagon he did not have a combat role. >> he was killed in combat. that wasn't the intent of the obviously. he was accompanying those forces but when he saw that they were running into trouble, he very heroically acted in a way that all the reports suggest spelled the difference between the success and failure of that important mission.

See what happened last week where these u.s. delta forces were there in what we're told is an advisory role. again, it's the continuing problem that we have in much of iraq and siria right now where we really have to rely on what the military is telling us is happening because we don't have people there. they tell us they're there in an advisory role and that thing heated up when the kurds were pinned down, the u.s. was entered into this more combat role on the ground. >> courtney, if there is not misunderstanding and not miscommunication but if there's sort of spin i guess around whether or n...

Saying that they will be partnered with what they called capable partners, capable force who are there on the ground and that they'll be there still in somewhat of an advisory role but there's the potential for us to see what happened last week where these u.s. delta forces were there in what we're told is an advisory role. again, it's the continuing problem that we have in much of iraq and siria right now where we really have to rely on what the military is telling us is happening because we don't have people there. they tell us they're there in an advisory role and that thing heated up when ...

American soldier army master sergeant joshua wheeler was killed in this raid. but the pentagon weirdly is denying it was a combat mission. watch this. >> it doesn't represent assuming a combat role. it represents a continuation of our advise and assist mission. >> here with reaction, host of war stories, lieutenant colonel oliver north. colonel, why would they deny this is a combat role when we have the video, we'll roll it again, showing this is combat? >> it's hard to explain much of what goes on in this administration. the american people need to know the death of master sergeant wheeler in...