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But these troops are in for the long haul. The white house says their advisers, not combat troops, but they will be in harms way. David martin is at the pentagon. Reporter a pentagon official said American Special forces will spend up to 60 days at a time in the headquarters of u. S. Backed fighters in syria. They will north, for the foreseeable future, go out on operations against isis. Their mission to coordinate a drive by various bands of arab and kurdish fighters on the isis capital of raqqa with the help of american airstrikes. The number of jets flying strikes out of a nearby base in turkey will quadruple from just six to 24. We want to be prosecuting as many isis targets as possible in syria, the pentagon official said. American and allied jets have been bombing raqqa for months. Earlier this year, a jordanian pilot had to bail out over raqqa. He was captured by isis and burned alive. We are near iraq every day. Reporter but as Lieutenant Colonel mike jones told 60 minutes earl
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Hours before the committee. The word email mentioned nearly 300 times. And the committee has interviewed 54 witnesses with more to come. So far the committees investigation has cost taxpayers just under 5 million. Abcs Karen Travers live in washington with more. Karen, what a day. Good morning to you. Reporter what a day. Good morning, reena and phillip. This appearance was a long time coming. Hillary clinton is certainly the most highprofile person to be questioned by this select committee. She faced a grilling, but there was also very significant scrutiny on the questions and tone from the republicans who were warned by veterans in their party to not overreach and to not look too political. It was a marathon day. Hillary clinton on the hot seat for over eight hours. The entire hearing lasting 11 hours. Right out of the gate, Republican Committee chairman trey gowdy telling clinton, the investigations not about her. This investigation is about four people who were killed representing
The white house says their advisers, not combat troops, but they will be in harms way. David martin is at the pentagon. Reporter a pentagogo official said American Special forces will spend up to 60 days at a time in the headquarters of u. S. Backed fighters in syria. They will north, for the foreseeable future, go out on operations against isis. Theiei mission to coordinate a drive by various bands of arab and kurdish fighters on the isis capital of raqqa with the help of american airstrikes. The number of jets flying strikes out of a nearby base in turkey will quadruple from just six to 24. We want to be prosecuting as many isis targets as possible in said. American and allied jets have been bombing raqqa for months. Earlier this year, a jordanian raqqa. He was captured by isis and we are near iraq every day. Reporter but as Lieutenant Colonel mike jones told 60 minutes earlier this morning at the command center for the air campaign, a lot of time and fuel is wasted flying those stri