On the recordSeptember 4, 2014
There will be no boots on the ground. There will not be a ground combat role for forces, U.S. forces, in Iraq or potentially Syria.
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transcripts.cnn.comBarack Obama: “There will be no boots on the ground. There will not be a ground combat role for forces, U.S. forces, in Iraq or…”
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President Obama reassures that there will be no U.S. ground troops involved in the conflict in Iraq or Syria.
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