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>> 22 minutes after the hour. new this morning, canadian ground forces taking the fight to isis after the terror group attacked northern forces. the canadian special forces say they are training local forces, and they've provided supporting fire only to back up the kurdish fighters. tear roam to train, advice and assist sometimes involved active fightle. >> we will talk with this with leiutenant general mark letterling, great seeing you as always, this is sounding familiar, rhetoric we heard after the u.s. special ops hostage raid in iraq several weeks ago. obviously, this debate is raging in canada as well after this uptown offense happened. when does the role of assisting and advising, this is attribute
pentagon with more on what we are learning today. >> reporter: you just heard josh earnest bend over back wards to suggest it is not a combat mission and the president has not changed his mind and gone back on his promise to send ground troops. earnest said there is no military solution and the strategy in syria hasn't changed. 50 special operation force system not a ñigame changer, "á what is new about the plan, the administration is admitting they have special operations in syria and iraq. make no mistake they will be in combat just like the recent hostage raid that left a delta force operator dead. earlier there was discussion on recommendations. and involve placing special operation's forces in sirril and
also its oil enterprise, which is a critical pillar of isil's financial infrastructure. >> reporter: general joe dunford says he would recommend embedding u.s. troops with iraqis to reinforce operational and strategic success in the same way that delta force operators became embedded with the kurdish forces during the hostage raid last week that freed 70 prisoners. >> talking to the commanders on the ground, i believe we'll have an opportunity to reinforce iraqi success in the days ahead. we've developed a variety of options to do that. >> reporter: the defense secretary said the pentagon expects to boost the scope and intensity of coalition air campaign against the islamic state. the hearing got testy when senator mccain asked about plans for a no-fly zone in syria. >> it's not a new issue. >> it is not a new issue. it is a substantial military undertaking. >> so it seems to me you should have a position on it.
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