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CBS Evening News for Wednesday, Sep 17, 2014
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The president spoke about U.S. ground forces in a visit to some of his top commanders today. Here's Major Garrett at a visit to U.S. Central Command in Tampa. President Obama rejected comments made yesterday by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff that U.S. ground troops might be necessary in Iraq and Syria. The American forces that have been deployed to Iraq do not and will not have a combat mission. They will support Iraqi forces on the ground as they fight for their own country against t...
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