Obama: No 'complete strategy' yet on training Iraqis

[Eugene]

Source: CNN

Obama: No 'complete strategy' yet on training Iraqis

By Kevin Liptak, CNN White House Producer
Updated 0114 GMT (0814 HKT) June 9, 2015

Telfs-Buchen, Austria (CNN)President Barack Obama said Monday his top national security advisers were still working to solidify training plans for Iraqi defense forces battling ISIS in their own country.

"We don't yet have a complete strategy because it requires commitments on the part of the Iraqis," Obama said during concluding remarks at the G7 conference in Germany, citing recruitment as a key stumbling block facing the central government in Iraq.

Critics of the administration's strategy in Iraq seized upon the President's comments Monday, claiming they indicated a policy failure and referencing similar comments Obama made in August.

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[OnyxCollie]

1. It's only been 10+ years of training.

Can't rush these things.