Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 9, 2015. Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook provided the following statement:
Last year the Department of Defense received authorization from Congress to train and equip moderate opposition forces in Syria as one of several lines of effort to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). From the program’s inception, we have reviewed our progress, acknowledged challenges, and worked to determine how we can improve our efforts in support of our…






