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Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby discusses President Barack Obama's decision to send 1,500 noncombatant troops to Iraq to train Iraqi and Kurdish forces in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant during a briefing in the Pentagon, Nov. 7, 2014.

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Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby discusses President Barack Obama's decision to send 1,500 noncombatant troops to Iraq to train Iraqi and Kurdish forces in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant during a briefing in the Pentagon, Nov. 7, 2014.

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