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Has returned to combat in iraq. some are wondering if the administration is correct in making that claim. cnn's jim scuitto has details for us. >> reporter: faced with the first u.s. combat death in iraq in four years, pentagon secretary ash carter made clear that u.s. troops will continue to face danger there. >> administration has taken great pains. the president in vs. permutations to say it's not a major combat rule. >> they will be in harm's way, no question about it. i don't want anybody to be under any ill lugs about that. >> reporter: master sergeant joshua l. wheeler 39 of oklahoma, a...

Missions over syria and iraqi. there are americans involved in training and advising iraqi security forces around the country. we do not have combat formations there the way we had once upon a time in iraq or the way we have had in years past in afghanistan. we do have people who are in harm's way and who evidently have shown a willingness to put themselves in harms way in order to have mission success. i think that's very commendable. >> follow up. the administration has taken great pangs to say it's not ground combat. it's not major combat rule. it's not the same size as it was during iraq i...

Fighting isis. 39-year-old master sergeant joshua wheeler was shot and killkill killed in a hostage rescue mission in iraq. and tonight they're admitting they don't even know who america's top fighters were trying to rescue when they sent them in on this mission. how did this happen? jim sciutto is "outfront" with breaking details tonight. >> reporter: faces with the first u.s. combat death in iraq in four years, pentagon secretary ash carter made clear that u.s. troops will continue to face danger there. >> the administration has taken great pains to say, it's not a ground combat, it's not a ...

There is no such taliban, at least among their leadership. and i wish that the administration would recognize that simple fact. harris: you know, on this website, reportedly there's a call out to -- and i read a little of it as i was introducing you -- to anybody, to kind of come along for the ride on this, to help them out, to fight foreign invaders. i'm curious, congressman buck mccain was here from the house armed services committee, a few minutes ago, he says maybe we should leave more troops on the ground through the spring offensive. thy talk of upping the numbers, revisiting the numbers...

After instances that we saw take place over the last 24 hours that left dozens of iraqis dead. >> the role they are supposed to be in now, the support role. if things do ramp up, is it possible the 50,000 supposed to be there in an advisory role could be brought back into the fighting if need be? >> reporter: well when we talk about the u.s. military being in an advisory role, what that means is they are taking a backseat in the sense that they will be partaking in military operations if the iraqis deem it necessary. yes, they could find themselves in some sort of a combat rule, and the u.s. r...