President Barack
Obama was briefed by his top national security
advisers on Tuesday on the situation in Iraq and the strategy to counter Islamic State militants, the
White House National Security Council said in a statement.
Obama "reaffirmed the strong U.S. support" for Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, the
White House said after the meeting, which involved 25
advisers including Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State John Kerry, Defense Secretary Ash Carter, and General Lloyd Austin of U.S. Central Command. There has been concern in the United States about the risk of sectarian strife in Ramadi, the capital of Sunni-majority Anbar province, because of the need to use Shi'ite militias to try to take back the city from Islamic State fighters.
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