White House: Iraqis still leading fight against Islamic State

White House said Monday that President Obama followed his general’s recommendations when he decided to deploy more than 200 additional troops to Iraq, and send Apache helicopters for the first time into the fight against the Islamic State.

“The president’s instructions to his national security team have consistently been to look for opportunities to reinforce those elements of our campaign that are showing some progress,” Presidential press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters during his daily briefing.