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Military involvement in syria. >> congress in 2001 did give the executive branch authorization to take this action. and there's no debating that. what the president has said he would welcome is congress passing an authorization to use military force. to be more specific about what exactly they're authorizing. so it's not just the president would welcome congress taking that step. the administration actually wrote the bill for them. >> that's our own kristin welker who was asking josh earnest about that. kristin, i have to say, i've heard that line about the war authorization from josh earnest,...

Doing. i do expect that that will improve their performance on the battlefield. >> reporter: the u.s. forces could be in combat roles, their lives could be at risk, correct? >> they will not be in a combat mission. >> reporter: i understand that's not their mission but they could find themselves in a combat operation just as we saw with the rescue mission? >> there is no denying the amount of risk they are taking on here. they will be equipped to defend themselves if necessary. i'm confident the department of defense has contingency plans to try to make them as safe as possible in a very dange...

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