NEW: "There's no significant posture change in #Iraq" per @PentagonPresSec "This is a change in mission, not a change in physical posture"
Still about 2,500 US troops to help Iraqis fight #ISIS
Still about 2,500 US troops to help Iraqis fight #ISIS
https://twitter.com/jseldin/status/1468981696414498823
"The vast majority of what they've been doing for a while has been advise, assist & train" per @PentagonPresSec on US troops in #Iraq
re: #ISIS
re: #ISIS
#Russia-#Ukraine: #Moscow still has "very sizable military presence..." along border w/Ukraine, per @PentagonPresSec "There's been no major changes to that posture"
#Iraq-US: "There won't be a dramatic shift from yesterday to tomorrow" per @PentagonPresSec about role of abt 2,500 US troops in Iraq to help w/fight vs #ISIS
"We have to assume that threats to US forces remain credible in #Iraq" per @PentagonPresSec re #Iran-backed militia groups
"We're not under any illusion that those threats might still occur" he says, adding US forces can defend themselves if attacked
"We're not under any illusion that those threats might still occur" he says, adding US forces can defend themselves if attacked
.@NATO Eastern Flank: "There's a lot of capability we have on the European continent" if there is another invasion into #Ukraine by #Russia, per @PentagonPresSec
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