boots on the ground. but today, when you listen to ash carter up on capitol hill, there are not only going to be boots on the ground. they are going to engage in combat operations, both in iraq and syria. now, those special operations forces will be primarily based in iraq, but they will conduct those kind of raids against isis forces in both syria and iraq. chuck? what kind of numbers are we talking about here? we re talking about perhaps somewhere between 50, 100 perhaps, special operations forces. ultimately as many as 200 forces if you throw in support troops, helicopters and the like. but this is a realization. this is an admission by the administration that the current policy is just not effective as they hoped it would be. jim miklaszewski at the pentagon for us, mick, thanks so much. joining me now to answer that question, former ambassador to iraq and author of the book
lead a new direction, in a new direction, a direction where we can bring together a coalition of countries that the other 188 that signed the agreement and negotiate a diplomatic solution, it s a time for a new direction in our foreign policy, especially in the middle east, and we can do if with diplomacy and not guns and bombs. senator kerry, you said yesterday you could not guarantee that u.s. troops would not be on the ground. no, i did guarantee they wouldn t be, and i ve got the transcripts here. i think if you read the whole transcript i said clearly there would be no troops on the ground. even if the weapons fell into the hands of the bad people? there s nothing in this resolution whatsoever that would put troops on the ground. nothing. i want to clarify that, thank you. general dempsey, you stated we would need thousands of support troops on the ground, you didn t say in syria, but close by. where would they be?
i think we re going to stay there nonetheless. despite the fact that the president is likely to w accelerate the withdrawal, these will be the conventional troops. remaining behind or in afghanistan, and or in peripheral areas, there will be lots of support troops. most significantly, trainers, mobile training team, and special forces and special operations forces, i think they will be on the ground for quite some time. do i still have ambassador mark ginsburg with us? i m right here, martin. i wanted to ask me. no one told me you re still there. thank you for your patience. i wanted to ask but the president s decision to unilaterally enter pakistan and to cap you are and there by kill osama bin laden. that was probably the big he was call of all. reporter: not only the biggest call but think of the operational call.
where is 23-year-old army private kelli bordeaux. we re learning the agents will take lie detector tests in the secret service investigation. we re live in colombia with that story. ted nugent not backing down after his controversial comments about president obama. new reaction from the rocker himself now calling obama s appointments communist czars. the most influential. time magazine s big left of moguls, pioneers and leaders. brand you this morning. we re talking to the editor. and the new york knicks sensation possibly heading south to the college of women and mary not for basketball but for a date at the senior formal. newsroom begins right now. we begin with breaking news. a new scandal is erupting for the u.s. military in afghanistan. they are photos showing u.s. soldiers posing with and mocking the bodies of suicide bombers. first two disclaimers here. cnn has not independently authenticated the photos and they are graphic and we have blurred them for yo
one in the military, send him a christmas card. care of iowa state university. it s in ames, iowa. zip code is 50011. include a photo of that loved one inside. add a note explaining what they are doing for us. not to much is care package but a why you should care packag. andrea: i don t know if we can recover from that. greg: want to go to break then? bob: can i get out of here real quick, everybody is looking at me saying are you going to defend this guy? greg: i don t think you are. bob: i m not. don t assume that somebody like this, i know why we do this. some people think is a good example of a liberal. liberals are not like that. most support troops.