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And then you can add that to your family's story. it makes them all seem like real people. in th ine the did you know that segment tonight. how does a lady fighter pilot go from that fascinating job to a national reporting position at fox news? first the facts. leah gabriel graduated as a naval officer, spent 12 years flying fa 18 hornets, supporting combat operations in iraq as well as gathering intelligence. she left the service and there she is a national correspondent. let's take it step by step. annapolis is no easy thing, right? >> i wouldn't say it's an easy play to go. >> do they c...

Inclusive iraqi government and armed forces. >> no matter what happens in iraq, can you realistically protect the national security interests of the united states, without also going into syria, where this threat emanated from? >> i think it's important for us to distinguish from a counterterrorism effort that is ongoing. dealing with al qaeda, and the remnants that still exist in the fatah, creating platforms. taking targeted strike where is necessary. gathering intelligence. all that work has to be done -- would have to be done, even if the crisis in iraq wasn't occurring and there's no doub...

Where this threat emanated from? >> i think it's important for to us distinguish between a counterterrorism effort that is ongoing. dealing with al qaeda and the remnants that still exist in the fatah, creating platforms, taking targeted strikes where necessary. gathering intelligence. all that work has to be done -- would have to be done even in the crisis in iraq wasn't occurring. and there's no doubt that the problem in syria is one that we've been paying a lot of attention to over the last couple years. as you see jihadists coming in from europe, as far as australia, to get trained, and th...

They are conducting reconnaissance, gathering intelligence. i think we all understand that the key question is 100 military advisers on the ground, does this directly contradict the president's statement, no ground forces in the iraq? they may not be in direct combat. they are not expected to go into direct combat. but they may find themselves in dicey situations. and as we keep saying, if you are part of special forces, you know you have to be prepared for anything. jake? >> i want to go right now to cnn military analyst and retired air force colonel rick francona. colonel, explain the semant...

In forward positions, have to be with iraqi battalions out in the field, especially if part of their mission is to basically bolster the confidence, the failing confidence of a lot of these battalions out there. and obviously, this puts them very much closer to the fight, very much closer to harm's way. and what happens if the iraqis they are advising, the iraqis they are giving intelligence to, if the iraqi military units decide to cut and run like we have seen over the last week or so, do you then have a scenario where american personnel have to try to be extricated, have to be evacuated by ...