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Gates: White House doing ‘backflips’ to say U.S. troops not in combat

By Pete Kasperowicz
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Gates: White House doing ‘backflips’ to say U.S. troops not in combat

President Obama’s former defense secretary said Thursday that it’s “unfortunate” and a “disservice” that the White House can’t bring itself to say U.S. troops are in combat in the Middle East against the Islamic State.

“I think that it is incredibly unfortunate not to speak openly about what’s going on,” Robert Gates said on MSNBC Thursday morning.

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