Obama renews vow to keep U.S. troops out of a "ground war" against Islamic State

Washington Post: The Obama administration struggled Wednesday to explain how its strategy to defeat Islamic State militants will play out in Iraq and Syria as President Obama underscored that no American ground combat forces will be deployed in the fight.

Obama used a visit to MacDill Air Force Base in Florida to renew his pledge to commit no U.S. ground forces against the militants.

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