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Defense chief open to more US forces in Iraq

By Tara Copp
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Defense chief open to more US forces in Iraq

Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said he will send additional U.S. ground troops to Iraq if needed to defeat the Islamic State.

“We’ll do what it takes to defeat [the Islamic State],” Carter said, in Kuwait Monday to meet with his top generals and diplomats in the Middle East to strategize on ways to defeat the extremist group.

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