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Slippery Slope? Obama Promises 300 'Advisors' to Besieged Iraqis

Lara Jakes and Julie Pace for The Associated Press
June 19, 2014 - 5:30pm
Slippery Slope? Obama Promises 300 'Advisors' to Besieged Iraqis
Obama chooses the middle road in Iraq: the US will send 300 military 'advisors' to a besieged Iraqi government. He discounted more robust options for now, but did not take off the table air strikes to help the faltering Iraqi military.
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Lara Jakes and Julie Pace
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The Associated Press