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Operations and it's our strategy today. >> reporter: you have acknowledged that these forces, these less than 50 forces, could be in dangerous situations, could wind up in combat roles. so given that, how is that not a change in strategy? >> because our strategy all along has been focused on building the capacity of local forces to fight these fights against isil for themselves in their own country. and our efforts to resupply them, to reequip them, to conduct air strikes in advance of their ground operations and in coordination with their ground operations, have improved their performance on ...

Rescue mission and to jim sciutto's question, what happened in northern iraq square to the fact the administration is saying u.s. forces are not in combat roles. but again, our condolences to the family of joshua wheeler. 40% of the streetlights in detroit, at one point, did not work. you had some blocks and you had major thoroughfares and corridors that were just totally pitch black. those things had to change. we wanted to restore our lighting system in the city. you can have the greatest dreams in the world, but unless you can finance those dreams, it doesn't happen. at the time that the ba...

Rescue americans, why not send in iraqi -- u.s.-trained iraqi forces to do this? >> i think the situation is that we're trying to limit american involvement in iraq. so somebody like sergeant wheeler is being used in an advisory role where the primary fighting forces. i do think that's a smart way to use our special operations in iraq. but again, i would just point to what the hell are we doing over there in the first place? what's the plan? i have talked to members of the house of representatives and senators and nobody can seem to give me a straight answer. that's very concerning to me. >> w...

War ii allowing japanese troops to fight overseas in combat roles under certain conditions. in tokyo, it's called collective self-defense. here they're calling it evil. listen to this statement. japan's militarist moves are posing a great threat to peace and stability in asia and the rest of the world. that outlet also goes on to report that this situation proves that north korea is justified in bolstering and growing its military capability. now, all of this is coming as noork had just weeks away from a major anniversary celebration. they're already trying to flex their military muscles to sh...

In the country say they vehemently disagree with his dangerous ideas for what he wants to do to veterans. alas, it did not come up at the debate. what also did not come up was a pretty momentous thing that just happened last month. two women becoming the first female graduates ever to earn their taps at u.s. army rangers school, a feat that seems to be paving the way toward having the army, navy, and air force open up all combat positions to women. turns out what it has also done is clear the way for what's turning out to be a conflict with the marine corps, between the marine corps and the ot...