FW: The Early Brief -- Pentagon Chief's Take on Iraqis Undercuts Obama's Strategy

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Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 08:55:15 -0400
From: military@e0.email.military.com
Subject: The Early Brief -- Pentagon Chief's Take on Iraqis Undercuts Obama's Strategy
To: rserge1@outlook.com

27 May 2015 Pentagon Chief's Take on Iraqis Undercuts Obama's Strategy Defense Secretary Ash Carter's blunt assessment that Iraqi forces lack the "will to fight" undermines a central premise of President Barack Obama's strategy for defeating the Islamic State: that Iraq's military can effectively handle ground operations so Americans don't have to. Read More More Stories at Military.com Army Begins Training for Next War, Which May Be Much Different, Bigger Squadron Boss Lost Job Over 'Unprofessional Relationship' Sub Sailor Pleads Guilty, Gets 2 Years for Videotaping Female Officers Huge Surprise Air Force Drill Underway in Russia China Outlines Military Expansion, Opposes US 'Meddling' Women in Combat Jobs Watch Marines Test Their Ability to Fill Roles Police: US Airman Shoots North Dakota Wal-Mart Workers, Kills Self Shiite Militia's Name for Ramadi Counter-Offensive Splits Iraq Force Navy Preps to Build Next Generation LXR Amphibious Assault Ship Obama Says US Must Examine How Assets Are Used in ISIS Fight China Says Building Islands in South China Sea No Threat to Region USS Fort Worth Reaches Midpoint of 16-Month Deployment Instructions Help With PCS Travel Claims ReadyOne Displays Flexible Terrain-Style Camouflage Pentagon Wants Missile Defense Upgrades, Not East Coast Site Ms. Vicki: Navy Wife Thinks an Open Relationship Is the Way to Go 'Aloha' - What Alec Baldwin Really Thinks of the Military Annual Free Museum Program Now Open Paycheck Chronicles: June 1 Military Pay Day See all Military News Headlines Today's Military Trivia Which one of these men had a Benjamin Franklin-class submarine named after him? Play Video of the Day Five Things You Don't Know About: Gatling Guns Watch Now | See More Videos

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