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They have been saying they have been told to do everything possible to avoid a casualty. but the president did not individually sign off on it. abby: does this change the president's position of no combat in iraq? reporter: the president says no. they are playing word games trying to explain how an hair can special operations soldier died in a rescue mission. they are saying it was not combat, it was a support role. he died helping an ally. >> in a support role they are after he loved to protect themselves and defend against the loss of innocent life. they were there in that support role and a...

That mission was the success and obviously in battle oftentimes bad things happen and that is what they say about the death of joshua wheeler, master sergeant in the u.s. army for rowland, okla. 39 years old, u.s. special forces command at fort bragg, n.c. home to the famed delta force. the pentagon says he died from any small arms fire. here is where the story gets interesting. the pentagon now is playing olympic level word games. they tried to explain how a u.s. special operator killed on a hostage rescue mission in iraq in a fire fight against isis did not die in combat. instead they claime...

Tonight for the first time since 9/11, our combat mission in afghanistan is over. by the end of this year, the transition will be complete, and afghans will take full responsibility for their security, and our combat mission will be over. america's war in afghanistan will come to a responsible end. with afghan forces now in the lead for their own security, our troops have moved to a support role. together with our allies, we will complete our mission there by the end of this year, and america's longest war will finally be over. jenna: we have some great guests to go over what the president has...

Investigatory process, and should any other instance os cur at site, certainly the philadelphia fire department, police department, ems personnel, and office of emergency management stand ready to provide assistance to these two agencies who in essence now have the major responsibility at this location. ntsb will conduct their investigation, i believe the federal railway administration conducts a simultaneous investigation for their purposes, amtrak is in the process of removing all of the train cars and repairing significant damage to the railroad infrastructure. and we will maintain a suppor...

I think the general made it very clear last night during the press conference that we want to reiterate that the military is not taking over. we are in a support role. what we're doing is making sure that the police are able to do their jobs and we're hoping to facilitate you know from a logistic standpoint and provide additional personnel to make sure they can do their job, which is enforcing the laws of this city and state. >> have you or any of the national guards men and women under your command been stationed in iraq or afghanistan? >> oh yeah. i mean i have. many of us have served overse...