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Globe worsening. In iraq isil has driven one and half Million People from their homes leading the United Nations to declare it a level three emergency. They Obama Administration has sent a team of special operations to assess how to evacuate thousands of refugees who are trapped. Officials say the troops were on the Mountain Range for roughly 24 hours in a move that critics say seems an awful lot like puts on the ground, something the administration has insisted we would not see. When asked about that at a briefing to the president S Deputy National security adviser tried to draw the distinction between the military advisers on the ground and boots on the ground. 130 personnel will not be in a combat role in iraq. There there are a temporary basis to make assessments. This would be a humanitarian effort to get them to a safe space. There are a range of ways were doing that. We of not made decisions about had a carry out that mission because we want to get their readout from this Assess