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Many new troops will be sent to iraq but defense officials told nbc news the new standing force would comprise of 250 special operation forces that would conduct ground combat raids against isis targets in both iraq and syria. this change in strategy marks a deepening involvement for the u.s. military and at a time when some are pushing president obama to go further, republican senator mccain who is the chairman of the senate armed services committee said in a written statement secretary carter's announcement is quote a belated step forward. i don't know quite what to do with the war language ...

It's -- this is a happy day. this is a history-making day. and before we lose the police commissioner and the city of new york, i wanted to point out one more thing. commissioner, isn't it true that when a vip, a dignitary come to, whether the hope or pra so there is a standing force next to that duty. you have this ready to go and that also means the rest of the city close neness a female sergt in our traffic division who has done this for 25 years. the senior in our traffic division, this is his third

Proposed cuts by the secretary of defense will cut our standing force from 522,000 to 450,000. the u-2 spy plane will be done and they're due to increase special ops by 6%, a little bit of good news. the good news i believe is that congressional support is needed and there's even some democrats that are upset by some of these proposals. >> you're right about that. governor fallon of oklahoma faced a wave of tornadoes, deadly in 2013. she said this could weaken the government's ability when it comes to the national guards. people on both sides of the aisle, veterans, politicians -- >> senator j...