The White House says it has not given up on Iraq, despite recent advances by the Islamic State organization and its takeover of the major city of Ramadi.
The Obama administration is defending its Middle East strategy, at at time when former U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates told American 24-hour news channel MSNBC that there is no strategy.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters, Washington has not given up, but the U.S. cannot solve the many Middle East problems.
IN: "The president....
OUT: ...solve for them."
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