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President said he would not put them in? >> what the pentagon will tell you is not a combat role. look, you know, as you and i have talked so much together about this, in iraq, combat can come to you very, very quickly. if they feel the airport is threatened, they will take action to defend it. that would put them into contact. it's not like they're going out looking for isis. i guess the question is, is isis going to come looking for them. >> no question. great reporting. thank you so much, barbara starr at the pentagon. also in iraq, the new iraqi parliament met for the first time to conside...

Of the iraq security forces and offer them advice and assistant. that is very different. that couple hundred troops there advising iraq's security force says different than the hundred thousand or more american troops who are on the ground in iraq when this president took office and on the front lines fighting people, fighting people who are shooting at them. in this situation, we have american troops, a small number, couple hundred, working closely with security forces. but they don't have a combat role there. they have an advise and assist role. it also reflects this president's belief that ...

The northwest side of baghdad, and the u.s. feeling right now, is they have to do everything to keep that airport open and safe for operations. there's a lot of supplies and equipment going in and out of there. but perhaps even more importantly, to keep it open and safe in case, in case, the u.s. decides it wants to or has to evacuate the u.s. embassy very quickly if there's an attack on baghdad, if there's an attack on the epbasmbassy. this is putting things into place even more. even more security than the u.s. had there over the last couple of weeks. >> it's an alarming prospect, the idea o...

Obama to send up to 300 u.s. military advisers to iraq. the president emphasized these special forces will not be in a combat role. to many, that sounds familiar. >> five american helicopters are shot down. three american advisers are killed, 63 vietnamese die. >> we've got u.s. military advisers flewing combat missions, advisers accompanying vietnamese forces. their role went beyond simply advising. >> my first guests are colorado congressman, mike kofman. also, phillip mud, cnn counterterrorism analyst and director of the counterterrorism center. that was from cnn about the sixties. is it de...

North, close to kirkuk. others of the special forces are actually going to be embedded with the iraqi military. they will provide strateg being advice, planning advice. president obama spoke with msnbc's mika brzezinski on friday. take a listen to what he had to say about the current situation there. >> some of the forces that have always possibly pulled iraq apart are stronger now. those forces that could keep the country united are weaker. it is ultimately going to be up to the iraqi leadership to try to pull the politics of the country back together again. >> now, alex, president obama was ...