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Defense chief open to more US forces in Iraq

By Tara Copp
Published February 23, 2015 8:19pm ET
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Defense chief open to more US forces in Iraq
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, second right, arrives to deliver a speech to troops at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Jonathan Ernst, Pool) | Jonathan Ernst

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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