Kerry Says No US Combat Troops Will Fight ISIS On The Ground

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday afternoon that "U.S. ground troops will not be sent into combat in this conflict," referring to the fight against the Islamic State terrorist group, also known as ISIS or ISIL. Kerry's assertion that American combat troops will not fight against ISIS in Iraq came one day after Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey seemed to suggest that the opposite may one day be true.