Obama Says He Won’t Relent in Fight Against ISIS Amid Questions About Intelligence Reports
Source: NY Times
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia President Obama said on Sunday that he had ordered his senior defense officials to find out whether intelligence reports had been altered to reflect a more optimistic assessment of the American military campaign against the Islamic State.
Speaking at a news conference before leaving Malaysia to return home at the end of a 10-day overseas trip, Mr. Obama said he expected the Pentagons inspector general to investigate allegations that significant changes were made to reports from analysts at the United States Central Command, known as Centcom.
I dont know what well discover with respect to what was going on in Centcom, Mr. Obama said. What I do know is my expectation which is the highest fidelity to facts, data, the truth.
Mr. Obama was responding to a report in The New York Times on Sunday that described the internal Pentagon investigation. Some analysts in the Defense Department say their supervisors revised their conclusions about some of the militarys failures before making the reports final.
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