Carter: US Seeking More Coalition Help Against Islamic State

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said President Barack Obama has reiterated to the military the need to accelerate the campaign against Islamic State, and that the United States is seeking more from coalition partners helping to fight the militants in Iraq and Syria. “We need to identify and then carry out every conceivable way of accelerating the defeat of ISIL," Carter said, using an acronym for Islamic State. He spoke to reporters as he flew to Turkey for talks on boosting...

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