(Editor's Note: This story has been updated to include comments from Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby.) President Obama has authorized Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to deploy up to 1,500 additional military personnel to Iraq in non-combat roles in the coming months to "expand our advise and assist mission and initiate a comprehensive training effort for Iraqi forces," according to a Pentagon announcement. The injection of additional personnel would double the number of U.S. troops in Iraq. Rear...
