August 8, 2014
By Jessy Byrnes
Boehner (click here) charged that the White House has been disengaged from the crisis in Iraq, “despite warnings from Iraqi leaders, Congress, and even members of its own administration.”
By Jessy Byrnes
Boehner (click here) charged that the White House has been disengaged from the crisis in Iraq, “despite warnings from Iraqi leaders, Congress, and even members of its own administration.”
He also criticized Obama for being more focused on keeping a political promise to end the Iraq War than in coming up with a way to complete the U.S. mission in Iraq.
A Democratic official fired back at Boehner, saying the Speaker had skipped a White House meeting last week with congressional leaders where a range of foreign policy issues were discussed, including Iraq.
"Did anyone in the Speaker's office second-guess the wisdom of releasing a statement claiming the President hasn't been engaged on Iraq, 6 days after he skipped a meeting held at the White House on the topic?" the official said....
