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Pentagon Won’t Say How Many Troops Are Fighting ISIS
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Officially, there are now 3,650 U.S. troops fighting ISIS in Iraq. The real number of Americans involved in the war is closer to 6,000.
Nancy A. Youssef
Shane Harris
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Feb. 2 2016
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