Pentagon Chief: US Prepared to Do More in Syria

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said if the U.S. finds additional groups willing to fight Islamic State militants in Syria, he and President Barack Obama are prepared to deploy additional U.S. forces there. Carter, appearing Sunday on U.S. television while aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the South China Sea, said that as the U.S. learned in Iraq and Afghanistan, the key to victory is having local forces capable not only of winning but also keeping the...

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