The White House declared that the US President Barack Obama discussed with the Iraqi Designated Prime Minister Haider al-Ebadi on phone the US preparations to fight the ISIL in Iraq.
President Barack Obama, senior cabinet officials and his defense and intelligence chiefs will meet with U.S. lawmakers this week and next as the administration seeks support for an offensive against Islamic State militants.
Obama will deliver a speech to Americans on Wednesday to lay out his "game plan" to halt the Islamist group that has seized swathes of Syria and Iraq, as he tries to head off public concerns that the country could be moving toward another full-scale war.
Ahead of the speech, Obama will meet on Tuesday with the four leaders of Congress - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Speaker of the House John Boehner and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
On Tuesday, his CIA Director John Brennan, and James Clapper, the U.S. Director of National Intelligence, will brief the Senate Intelligence Committee, the panel's chairwoman, Senator Dianne Feinstein.
Updated 09 Sep 2014 | Soruce: AIN | By S.Seal