President authorizes sending 130 additional US military personnel to Iraq

Breaking: #SecDef Hagel announces that additional assessment team will be sent to #Iraq

— Department of Defense ?? (@DeptofDefense) August 12, 2014

Marie Harf, deputy spokesperson for the State Department, announced Tuesday evening that President Obama has authorized the sending of around 130 additional U.S. military personnel to northern Iraq, but stressed that they would not be in a combat role.

https://twitter.com/marieharf/status/499343868480204802

https://twitter.com/marieharf/status/499344028094459904

https://twitter.com/marieharf/status/499344507834761217

#SecDef Hagel on putting 130 more US troops — including Marines — in Iraq: "This is not a combat-boots-on-the-ground kind of operation."

— Robert Burns (@robertburnsAP) August 12, 2014

@marieharf I hear we now have over 1K mil personnel (boots) on the ground; that number will go higher, trust me.

— KMC – WASH YOUR HANDS (@KevinCullen67) August 13, 2014

https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/499344415128055808

@DeptofDefense hope to hear feedback from this assessment group soon.

— Mike Rod News (@MikeRodNews) August 12, 2014

@DeptofDefense I'll take "escalation" for 175 million Alex.

— Karma Always Wins (@3P1C_F41L) August 12, 2014

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