Name: Operation Jump Start. When it happened: June July Assists with undocumented immigrant apprehensions: , Assists with drug seizures: , pounds of marijuana 9. Name: Operation Phalanx. Since U. Obama said he was "deeply concerned" about a surge in violence in Syria, where government forces have stepped up bombing of rebel-held areas around the strategic city of Aleppo. But speaking at a news conference with Merkel, Obama said it would be very difficult to see how a so-called safe zone would work in Syria without a large military commitment.
The deployment of up to Special Forces soldiers increases U. Defense experts said giving more fighters on the ground access to U. In announcing the deployment, Obama emphasized the importance of sustaining the gains made in the fight against Islamic State, although he cautioned that the U. Obama was speaking on the last stop of a foreign tour that also took him to Saudi Arabia and Britain. Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton and her rival, Bernie Sanders, voiced support on Monday for the deployment.
The former secretary of state previously called for a tougher approach to fighting Islamic State militants, including more air strikes and Special Forces. Sanders, a U. The U. The budget request marks an early test for cooperation between Obama and congressional leaders following the Republican rout in this week's midterm elections that reshaped Washington's balance of power. He said that Obama took the decision to go ahead and almost double the number of trainers and advisers following a request from the Iraqi government of Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi.
He said that the mission was possible because Iraqi forces, which were built with billions of dollars in US funding, and partially folded in the face of the ISIS advance, had "stiffened" their spines. We are wanted there," said Kirby.
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