Pentagon Spox Won’t Say if Troops in Afghanistan Are in a Combat Mission

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KIRBY: “I have no — nothing to announce or speak to with respect to additional Air Force assets. I've told you, I've given you pretty much the laydown of exactly what we're sending to support this movement. That said, I also said, in fact, in my opening statement, that there will be airlifts provided. Clearly, there's going to be an Air Force role here with respect to airlift, but in terms of combat aircraft, I know of no such moves to do that, and as I said, I've laid out for you now twice what the movements would be, and I'm not going to speak about rules of engagement, we never do that from the podium.”