CNN: U.S. Considers More Military Advisers For Iraq

Washington (CNN) -- The Obama administration is thinking about sending additional military advisers to Iraq as it ramps up efforts to consider how to get thousands of Yazidi Iraqis off Sinjar Mountain and how to boost the capabilities of Kurdish Peshmerga fighters in northern Iraq, a U.S. official said Tuesday.

The official did not want to be named because no decisions have been made yet.

But consideration is being given to sending as many as 75 additional American military personnel to Iraq, a second U.S. military official told CNN.

President Barack Obama had previously authorized sending as many as 300 advisers to that country.

Currently, 250 U.S. military personnel are in Iraq and are directly involved in the already-approved mission of running two joint operations centers and assessing the capabilities of Iraqi forces. However, the first U.S. official said, their job is expanding to consider evacuation options and the needs of the Peshmerga.

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