At FL Debate, GOP Candidates Call for More U.S. Troops in Iraq

At FL Debate, GOP Candidates Call for More U.S. Troops in Iraq

The four remaining Republican presidential candidates squared off in a debate in Florida Thursday night. Among the topics of debate was the war against ISIL. Candidates Texas Senator Ted Cruz, Ohio Governor John Kasich and real estate billionaire Donald Trump all said they would send additional U.S. troops to Iraq to fight ISIL militants. Trump said he’d send 20,000 to 30,000 U.S. forces to Iraq. Florida Senator Marco Rubio didn’t have a chance to answer the question, although he did join other candidates in calling for the imprisonment of ISIL fighters at Guantánamo. We’ll have more on the GOP debate after headlines.