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We will send an additional 475 service members to iraq. as i have said before, these american forces will not have a combat mission - we will not get dragged into another ground war in iraq. but they are needed to support iraqi and kurdish forces with training, intelligence and equipment.
-Barack Obama
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We Will Send An Additional 475 Service

Barack Obama
We will send an additional 475 service members to iraq. as i have said before, these american forces will not have a combat mission - we will not get dragged into another ground war in iraq. but they are needed to support iraqi and kurdish forces with training, intelligence and equipment.
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