members who were polled, their approval or disapproval of the president. you can see from 2009 it s shifted greatly. now to 2014 where they re in extended service and going back again. the approval is just at 15%. that s their commander in chief. what can he do to bolster that, to reassure these folks that the man who is leading the charge for them has their backs? well, he can talk about the nature of the enemy. he can talk about the importance of the mission. he can empower commanders on the ground. these soldiers, 15% approve of the commander in chief. that s abysmally low. why they don t believe in barack obama, that 3rd brigade believes in their brigade commander. and the question is will those first line leaders on the ground be empowered to allow those troops to sufficiently train, sufficiently advise and then assist nine iraqi brigades and some kurdish brigades to go out and take the fight to the enemy.
jennifer griffin is live in washington with more. hi, jennifer. hi, shannon. most of these 1300 u.s. troops will deploy from the 3rd brigade combat team of the 82nd airborne based at ft. bragg, carolina. they ll begin to deploy to iraq in late january and their mission will be to train, advise and assist iraqi security forces. this deployment is part of the additional 1500 troops that the president authorized in november. there are currently 1,860 u.s. troops in iraq. the new deployment will nearly double that number. the u.s. strategy currently relies on air strikes like this one from december 18th which targeted a vehicle-borne ied near mount sinjar. there s a weak hand that we re playing in syria and iraq and they need more forces to assist those indigenous forces. we re going at that very incrementally. so that s a pattern that they ve seen before that s very disturbing to them. in fact, five months after
for the ninth time since 2003 the new year will come with a new deployment of u.s. forces to iraq. it s all part of the president s promise to provide an additional 1500 troops to help train the iraq es. while the u.s. reportedly took out several isis leaders in recent week, it isn t expected to make our mission any shorter or easier. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live in washington with more. hi, jennifer. hi, shannon. most of these 1300 u.s. troops will deploy from the 3rd brigade combat team of the 82nd airborne based at ft. bragg, north carolina. they ll begin to deploy to iraq in late january and their mission will be to train, advise and assist iraqi security forces. this deployment is part of the additional 1500 troops that the president authorized in november. there are currently 1,860