Obama reaffirms opposition to US combat in Iraq

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - President Barack Obama reaffirmed today that he does not intend to send U.S. troops into combat against the Islamic State group, despite doubts about the ability of Iraqi forces, Kurdish fighters and Syrian rebels to carry out the ground fight on their own. "The American forces do not and will not have a combat mission," Obama told troops at MacDill Air Force Base.