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Generals: Ground forces critical to defeat Islamic State

By Tara Copp
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Generals: Ground forces critical to defeat Islamic State

Congress must remove limitations against the use of U.S. ground forces to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, former generals told the House Armed Services Committee Thursday.

“The ground force constraint has to be absolutely removed,” retired Gen. Jack Keane, former Army vice chief of staff, told the committee.

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