CABRERA: Major announcement from Defense Secretary Ash Carter during a trip to Baghdad this morning. The U.S. sending 560 more American troops to Iraq. They will arrive in time to support the Iraqi army's next battle against ISIS, retaking Mosul. The city is still controlled by the terrorist group but Iraqi government forces do have some momentum. They've managed to take back a nearby airfield. Joining us now to talk more about the U.S. role in the fight there, CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr. What more are you learning about the U.S. and the plans now moving forward, Barbara?</s>BARBARA STARR, CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Ana. The secretary of defense announcing this in Baghdad that 560 additional American troops will be going to Iraq. This is in addition to the 4,000-plus or so that are already there. And it is that air base in northern Iraq, a place called Kiara, just south of Mosul, that really is the focus now. Over the weekend, Iraqi troops took back the air base and now U.S. troops are expected in the coming weeks to largely go to this location south of Mosul. All of this now focusing Iraqi efforts on retaking Mosul, Iraq's second largest city, that has been under control of ISIS. It is absolutely vital the Iraqi's get it back in order to defeat ISIS. That is both an Iraqi and a U.S. view. So these troops will go there. They will assist the Iraqis as they arrive on that base with things like logistics, supplies, air intelligence, possibly even more troops going out in the field on advise/assist missions to try and help the Iraqi forces. It's not going to be happening in the next couple of weeks. It may take a few weeks to get everybody there, but it is bottom line a very clear sign the U.S. military involvement in Iraq continues to grow. Ana.</s>LAURA ZAMARRIPA, SISTER OF PATRICK ZAMARRIPA: I knew he wanted to be a police officer, so I had already talked to some recruiters about getting him into be a military police.
U.S. Troops Deploying to Iraq.