Obama: ‘Mistake’ to send in U.S. troops

Published November 16, 2015 3:28pm ET



President Obama said it would be a “mistake” to send in U.S. ground troops, pushing back against critics calling for more deployments in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday.

Speaking to the G20 summit in Turkey, Obama said it wasn’t just his opinion, but the opinion of his closest military advisers that his strategy against the Islamic State is working.

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