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Odierno: Embedded Advisers Would Help Iraq Army Be Effective Against ISIS

Friday, June 5th, 2015

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The Army’s top officer supports embedding U.S. troops with Iraqi military units to more effectively help them fight the Islamic State, but strongly opposes deploying large number of combat troops.“I absolutely do not agree with right now with putting U.S. forces on the ground,” Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno said at a recent Defense Writers Group breakfast with reporters in Washington, D.C. “I am adamant about that. I think it would not be helpful at all.”Odierno, who is scheduled…

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