Pentagon may expand U.S. troops' role in Iraq

Friday, November 14, 2014

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon warned Congress on Thursday that the long, drawn-out military campaign against Islamic State militants is just beginning and could expand to include modest numbers of U.S. forces fighting alongside Iraqi troops.

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