While I know that roughly 3,500 U.S. military personnel is not sufficient 'to degrade and ultimately destroy ISIL [Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant],' I am concerned that this arbitrary cap set by the President restricts your ability to sufficiently support those on the ground.
Turner expresses concern over troop limits affecting military support against ISIL.
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One thing that we have to acknowledge is that our adversaries — Russia, China, North Korea, Iran — look at the critical infrastructure that support our civilian infrastructure, like water, ... as valid military targets
We're certainly in a conflict where we would expect that they would continue that if they were doing to us before
We need to be diligent. Well, we're certainly in a conflict where we would expect that they would continue that which they were doing to us before.
I don't think anybody is satisfied with the level of information we're receiving.
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