Pentagon chief convenes counter-IS meeting, lauds strategy
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter convened an extraordinary war council Monday on Iraq’s doorstep six days after taking office, gathering military and diplomatic leaders to discuss the Obama administration’s oft-criticized strategy for countering the Islamic State group.
He left suggesting the approach is mostly on track.
“The discussion indicated clearly to me that this group (the Islamic State) is hardly invincible,” Carter told reporters after six hours of closed-door talks with the officials he dubbed “Team America.”
He gave no indication that he that he thinks the strategy needs an overhaul.
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