Facing ISIS, new defense chief summons "Team America"

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter convened an extraordinary war council Monday on Iraq's doorstep, six days after taking office, to discuss the nitty-gritty of the administration's oft-criticized strategy for countering the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and probe for gaps and weaknesses. The Army general commanding the war effort in Iraq and Syria, meanwhile, told reporters that ISIS's fighters are "halted, on the defensive" in Iraq and facing a new counterattack by Iraqi forces in Anbar province to retake a town the militants seized earlier this month.

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