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War. several military officials tell cnn. remarkably, a mission that president obama did not sign off on. >> i believe the defense department has said that the secretary of defense authorized this mission. >> the secretary of defense ash carter's press secretary defending the decision to help kurdish commanders, close u.s. allies. >> this was a unique circumstance in which very close partners of the united states made a specific request for our assistance. >> the pentagon says carter approved the mission because the kurds wanted to free prisoners facing imminent execution. is the sat lime imag...