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Wlaf we were continuing to to do. we are not putting u.s. troops on the front lines fighting fire fights with isil. what we can do is in addition to the training and advising that we do, there are going to be select situations in which there is an isil leadership camp or there is a particular isil leader that we can capture quickly. that the iraqis don't have the capacity. in syria, we don't have anybody on the ground who can execute those kinds you have complex operations and what this really amounts to is us prepositioning some additional select assets for us to be able to engage where neces...

Not just for a raid here and there. now for the first time president obama has been asked directly and personally about this break and he gave these remarks in response. this was in as interview with nbc's lester holt. watch. >> we haven't heard from you since last friday when the decision was announced to put a small number of u.s. special operations forces on the ground in northern syria. many will look at and say you've broken your promise about boots on the ground. have you? >> well, keep in mind we have run special ops already. we captured a high value target actually. he was killed but c...