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Force, i asked him, general austin recommended somewhere in the 18,000 to 20,000 range. The pentagon got down to 10,000 and below that they felt very uncomfortable. I asked him directly, did the number cascade down or did the number go down because the iraqis said, thats too Many Americans, we dont want that Many Americans on our soil . He said, no, sir, the numbers kept cascading down because the white house kept changing the number. So i want the record to reflect that in a meeting with the Prime Minister of iraq, when he asked me, how many troops were talking about . We couldnt give him an ...

Said of the 50 brigades, only 24 those are in iraq. Im talking about iraq. He would have messed this together. But im looking at iraq. Are we vetting iraqi forces that are supposed to be the ground troop s troops . The general is nodding and you are saying no. Im nodding because i understand the question. I can understand the question. Were not vetting iraqi forces and troops. What general dempsey was talking about is the most capable Iraqi Security forces, Iraqi Security forces, vetting in that part of it is part of the syrian train and equip moderate Syrian Opposition. General, you want to a...

We dont want to do this because we know its hard and we know you dont like it. It would be better if you would make it clear that were not doing this because its not going to work. Its not the most effective way to confront these forces. So, you know, both will task you with going to the p tresident a work on his messaging. But its important how its presented to the American People and how we build support for this program. On the issue of finding sunni partners. I still contend that is the key. If we find enough sunnis in iraq and syria who are willing to fight against isis, thats when well s...

Strategy. But i think the American People get confused. And if we explain to them, look, boots on the ground means no combat forces. Or boots on the ground mean were not going to do shock and awe or whatever. But we are going to have our people there. And there are certain things that they have to do, and without them, we cant be successful in this battle. And i think i think they can accept that. And they can theyre smart enough to figure it out. And if they think theyre not hearing the truth, the whole truth, i think then they get they kind of get their backs up. I think its also very import...

Diablo. Overnight, the fire doubled in size since it broke out yesterday afternoon around 1 30 and we just received new numbers on how big the fire is right now. So far, it has burned more than 3,000 acres. These are live pictures of some of the fire lines from newschopper2. Crews are getting a handle on it and right now its 20 contained and nearly 100 homes are under a mandatory evacuation. Rosemary orozco is tracking the fire conditions and brian flores is talking to evacuees. We begin our coverage with Tara Moriarty who joins us live near the fire lines in clayton. Good afternoon, tara. Rep...