This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. The president , who was all about getting the United States out of iraq, is sending more troops in. Late today, the white house announced that president obama has given the goahead for 1,500 more troops to deal with the threat posed by the terrorist group known as isis. With this expansion, the number authorized has grown from 275 in hene to 3,100 tonight. David martin is at the pentagon for us this evening. David. Reporter scott, president obama is doubling down on his strategy to defeat isis, not only increasing the number of american troops in iraq, but also spreading them out to a half dozen locations across the country. Until now, u. S. Troops have been confined to baghdad and the city of erbil in the north. 630 will be sent as advisers to the headquarters of iraqi units fighting isis north and west of baghdad, including in anbar province, where some of the bloodiest battles of the ir
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