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Setback with isil? or are we going to take back that responsibility to evaluate the steps necessary to change our strategy where we sustain setbacks? >> the white house is not indicating that any u.s. ground forces will be going into anbar province. instead, white house officials say the assistance will come in the form of air strikes in ramadi. earnest points to other battles in kobani and mt. sin jar where they raised questions about the president's strategy. as for ramadi it's the president's goal to see isis driven out of that city. john and christine. >> jim acosta at the white house. h...

Defeating isis but aide to the president say they are looking at options for supporting what they're calling an iraqi-led mission to retake ramadi. pressed repeatedly on the mounting bipartisan criticism of the president's strategy white house press secretary josh earnest lashed out at all of second guessing. here's what he had to say. >> thing is we have to decide what the approach to this issue is going to be. are we going to light our hair on fire every time there's a setback in the campaign against isil? or are we going to take very seriously our responsibility to evaluate those area where...

Strategy. the president's plan isn't working. it's time for him to come up with a real overarching strategy to defeat the ongoing terrorist threat. >> i think even had there been no isis that it would have been far better for us to maintain some presence some troop presence in iraq, for a much longer period evidence time. >> that's former defense secretary robert gates, the president's former defense secretary who is very critical of the administration's current policy. cnn's jim acosta has more from the white house. jim sfp. >> john and christine, the president met with his national security ...

Cnn's jim acosta has more from the white house. >> john and christine, the president met with his national security team on the battle with isis. the meeting was only scheduled to include defense secretary ash carter. but ended up involving every security official from the vice president to the cia director. meanwhile they're calling the capture of ramadi a quote, setback, they're not giving up on the formal review against isis. but aides are saying they're looking at options for what they're calling an iraqi-led mission to retake ramadi. on the bipartisan criticism of the white house strategy...