John McCain actually said...

I think that we need to have a total of 15- to 20,000 United States troops in Iraq in order to provide the necessary enablers, advisors, and so forth.

Context

McCain emphasizes the need for substantial U.S. troop presence in Iraq to combat ISIS.

05/20/2015

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