Obama Did NOT Approve The Raid To Rescue 70 Hostages Yesterday In Iraq

Sgt Tom Cunnally — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 17:16:43 -0400

White House says Ash Carter made the call and NOT Obama...How now will Obama spin this one??

Response by CSM Michael J. Uhlig made Oct 23 at 2015 5:45 PM

CSM Michael J. Uhlig — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 17:45:20 -0400

Nothing to spin here, as long as the Sec Def had the authority to make the call our President does not have to spin anything else, the POTUS will have to take action.

http://news.yahoo.com/carter-us-soldier-killed-iraq-went-beyond-call-194718836--politics.html;_ylt=AwrBT8riqSpWDW8AT1tXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEyM3ZzcjloBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQTAxOTlfMQRzZWMDc2M-#

Carter: US soldier killed in Iraq went beyond call of duty

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter says the American soldier killed in the mission that rescued 70 hostages from an Islamic State prison in Iraq was a hero for rushing into a firefight to defend his Kurdish partners — even though the plan called for the Kurds to do the fighting on their own.