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Obama authorizes 1,500 additional US troops for deployment to Iraq

By REUTERS

NOVEMBER 7, 2014 22:25

President Barack Obama on Friday authorized the US military to deploy up to 1,500 additional troops to help train and advise Iraqi and Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State militants, the White House said.

The White House will ask Congress for $5.6 billion for the operations in Iraq and Syria, which includes $1.6 billion for the new "Iraq Train and Equip Fund," the White House Office of Management and Budget said.

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