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Are very well oriented to be able to operate in that kind of environment. and we've seen the french operating in places like mali in pretty tough combat situations. and i think president hollande is likely to take action including with ground forces because of the scale of at tarks the bloodiness and the arrogance in which the islamic state has presented itself. the french are very proud and i think they will be a tough and sustained campaign. >> jillian, will we see a campaign from not only france but other countries, as well? >> absolutely. i think that in light of the solidarity that has al...

Because you look at the troops here, in many cases they'll be facing combat situations. >> well, yes, when it comes to is this combat or not combat. the pentagon press corps was relentless with the secretary of defense when they've moved past this. they are already saying this is combat. the last raid that -- in which master sergeant josh wheeler was killed, he was killed in combat. at the white house, they were still dancing around this a little bit. we've not heard from the president yet to say that this is combat. >> why do these semantics matter? >> a couple of reasons. there's a base lega...

City. obama wanted to avoid putting troops on the ground where they will likely end up if combat situations him allison. >> the obama administration lacks criminal for doing this about face. they say, if we look at it, mr. believe it really is, not not sort of say, own up to it and say, yes, we changed our minds. we want to send small combat forces to start. >> well, i think the obama administration is saying we are only sending advisers, they don't want to open the door to that troops on the ground. as we've seen, recently, troops have been killed in these advisory roles. so it really does as...

We're doing that now and figuring out how to get better at it. special operations forces are expected to be sent from iraq across the border into northern syria. the u.s. will use f-15 and a-10 jets based in southern turkey. an effort to help anti- anti-is forces to take back ra ka. obama wanted to avoid putting troops in on the ground where they will end up in combat situations. the u.s. will provide $100 million in new aid to the syrian opposition. the money will provide support to local officials, first responders and other kinds of civil needs. >> since 2012, the u.s. has given almost $5...

Earnest say in the briefing, i asked him specifically -- they're not going to call it a combat mission. but what i did ask him yesterday was, does that mean despite the fact you're not calling it a combat mission, will u.s. forces be involved in combat situations? he did say yes. and so what i'm telling you right now is, that between 20 and 30 is what we're hearing right now, u.s. special forces operatives will be on the ground in syria. now you're going to hear the white house say today, this is important, that this is an advise role. advise doesn't mean they're not going to be in combat situ...