The top U.S. general in Iraq, who works side-by-side with Iraqi forces battling the Islamic State, refused to be drawn into the debate about whether Iraq should be one of the countries from which entry to the United States is restricted.

But it was pretty clear from his comments at a Pentagon briefing Wednesday where his sympathies lie.

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