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And that's what played out in this particular operation. they were there in that support role, and again, acted under those circumstances. >> fast forward 24 hours. the secretary oif of defense today faced a barrage of questions and finally seemed to admit the obvious. >> this is combat. things are complicated. this is someone who saw the team that he was advising and assisting coming under attack. and he rushed to help them. >> the pentagon says ash carter himself approved the raid and megyn, he will be at dover to welcome sergeant wheeler's remains home this weekend. >> leyland, thank you. >...

Iraq. ambassador wilson, good to see y you. >> so defense secretary ash carter says it is likely that we are going to see more raids like this one in iraq. what are the dynamics in your view that have changed. >> i am not sure that the dynamics have changed except to the extent to which the iraqis are now prepared to counter attack in a meaningful way. the iraqis and their allies, the kurds, in this battle. i think the u.s. is providing a support role. it strikes me as i look at this that what happened was the iraqi troops got in some difficulty and the u.s. military reacted by putting people ...

Combat? >> in that support role, they are allowed to defend themselves and also defend partner forces and to protect against the loss of innocent life, and that's what played out in this particular operation. >> reporter: and what exactly the mission is, and is that mission changing is a question that many are asking. u.s. troops have been operating in iraq for months now, advising and assisting iraqi kurds, advising and assisting the iraqi army, but their mission is not supposed to be in direct house-to-house combat, like the delta force commandos were in this mission. the u.s. military says ...

The table as john kerry, so it seems that sergei lavrov is, a, going to have a really hard sell and, b, it's going to be a real really, really hard sell. it seems unlikely that we're going to see a lot of progress out of this meeting, but they are meeting, and these are four big, big players involved in syria. that itself has got to be a good thing. john. >> that's a good point. nic robertson in london, thanks. this morning pentagon officials are trying to explain u.s. involvement in a raid on an isis-control prison in northern iraq, a raid that left one american service member dead. the u.s...

Particular operation. they were there in that support role and acted under those circumstances. >> reporter: the pentagon says sgt wheeler died during a named mission, the name being inherent resolve, to fight against islip season title to combat death benefit and eligible for combat work, the bronze star and maybe the purple heart. u.s. special forces base in iraq complained to was they were ordered to do everything possible to prevent u.s. casualties. in this case approval for the hostage rescue mission went all the way to secretary of defense ash carter but we're told the president did not ...