Top General: U.s. Ground Troops Possible In Iraq

DAVID ESPO AND DONNA CASSATA, Savannah Morning News
Tue, 09/16/2014 - 7:48pm

WASHINGTON — American ground troops may be needed to battle Islamic State forces in the Middle East if President Barack Obama’s current strategy fails, the nation’s top military officer said Tuesday as Congress plunged into an election-year debate of Obama’s plan to expand airstrikes and train Syrian rebels. A White House spokesman said quickly the president “will not” send ground forces into combat, but Gen.

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