President Obama set the world to talking on Monday after admitting in a press conference from Germany the United States does not have a cohesive strategy to combat the terror group ISIS.
His exact words, from the G-7 summit in Kruen, various media reported: "We don't yet have a complete strategy because it requires commitments on the part of the Iraqis as well about how recruitment takes place, how that training takes place. And so the details of that are not yet worked out."
He also said the Pentagon has failed to give him a "finalized plan" to fight ISIS, the National Journal reported. And he criticized the failure of Iraq's Shiite-led government to embrace Sunni fighters in the overall battle against ISIS.
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"It has not been happening as fast as it needs to," he said, in reference to the Shiite outreach to Sunnis, the Associated Press reported.
Obama said the Pentagon could soon present him with more plans to bolster training for Iraqis – but then took a jab at these same troops by saying the 3,000 U.S. military members in the country sometimes find themselves with "more training capacity than we've got recruits," he said, AP reported.
The two-day summit involves the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Japan and Canada. Russia wasn't allowed to participate because of its aggression into Ukraine.
During the meeting, Obama also decried Russia's forced annexation of parts of Ukraine, saying it compromised the territory's "sovereignty and territorial integrity." He also called on his G-7 partners to come up with a "diplomatic solution" that solves the Russia-Ukraine matter.