Friday, August 29, 2014

White House does damage control | TheHill

White House does damage control | TheHill: President Obama was referring only "to military options for striking" Islamist militants in Syria when he said the White House did not "have a strategy yet,” press secretary Josh Earnest insisted Thursday.

The White House launched a full-court media press to clarify the president’s comments after the media and Republicans seized on the admission.

In an interview with CNN, Earnest said Obama was only referring to potential military strikes within Syria.

"Those options are still being developed by the Pentagon," Earnest said.

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