Outgoing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in an interview on Friday the United States might eventually need to send non-combat ground troops to Iraq to help turn back ISIS forces.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is conceding that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is “indirectly benefiting” from the US-led war against ISIL militants in Syria.
America’s top general says the terrorist group ISIL can be contained and eventually defeated, but only if it is engaged in Syria and not just in Iraq.
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel held three conversations with the head of Egypt's armed forces on Friday and Saturday.