The White House knows that there are some 150 Americans who have left US and actually gone to fight in Syria. What's unclear is who they are fighting for. Are they fighting for the Free Syrian Army, which is a group that the Obama administration has not only said it supports, but has said that  it would look at training further so that it can fight groups like the Islamic State? Or are they actually fighting for these groups that are associated either with the Islamic State, which is a designated terrors group? or a group called Juba Arinosa, which is basically Al Calda's army in Syria?

 

Islamic's extremists have claimed that McKain was fighting for them when he died. 

 

Pentagon says seven nations are joining the US at providing weapons to curtish forces in Iraq as they battle Islamic State militants. The Pentagon briefing today spokesman Adam Joncurvy said more nations are expected to contribute in coming days. NPR's Tom Bolman has this report. 

 

The US already has provided some small arms to the Curtish fighters, as reported their operations with air strikes in northern Iraq. Now other nations, including Italy, France and United Kingdom, are providing what the Pentagon called "virtuelly needed arms and equipment" to battle Islamic State, also called ISIL. Here's Adam Curby.

 

These multi-national efforts, which has been cordinated with the government of Iraq in Bagdad, would greatly support curtish forces in battling the brutal terrorists they face from ISIL. 

 

Curby said the new weapons include small arms and imnation, but Curtish leader say they still had not received what they need, motor, artilary and armed vehicles. Tom Balman, NPR news, Washington.

 

President Obama seeking to make amends with the nation's veterans told an audience  in Charlette, North Carolina today that his administration will expand access to medital health care, to work to help lower home-gone health care for veterans. Trusting the American agents national convention, the president also said even if these US wars wined down, military readiness were remained a priority.

 

So even if our wars in Afganistan comes to an end, we will stay vigil. We'll continue to make sure that our military has what it means. And as today's generation of service members keeps us safe and as they come home,  we also have to meet our responsibilities to them.

 

Scandal over lagging medical treatment for veterans resolved in VA secretary ES been forced to step down from the agency.

 

Americans appear to be doing a better job of managing their credit card debt, that's based on figures from quite an amount of agencies TransUnion. The company says it's now as fine as the rate of US credit card payments, at least 90 days overdue is falling. On Wall Street the DOW was up 29 points. This is NPR.

 

American Airlines announced today it will immediately be pulling its fare some online travel site, operated by Orbits. The airline citing the fact that the two companies have failed to reach a deal would allow the carrier to compete with low-cost airlines. American watch merge with US Airways was now the world's largest carrier. American Air says it plans to pull its fares off orbits effective September 1st.

 

Super attendents of the country's second biggest school system is announcing he will suspend contracts for a program that aim to give Apple iPads to the system's 650,000 students, an ultimate cost of 1 billion dollars. NPR's KG has more.

 

Super attendent John Dacy sent the Los Angelas Unified School District Board a letter after local media reported that public record show Dacy has established close ties with the iPad projects winning bidders before bids were requested. Under a contract to prove last year, Apple sold the district 75,000 iPads. Pearson and education content provider won the bid for supplying the tablets with software. Internal memo show Dacy and his chief deputy  have close relationships with people from both companies. The iPad program has been questioned for its cost as well its bidding process. Contracts are expected to resume several issues, including a more transparent bidding process, are resolved.  KG, NPR news.

 

US fast food chain Burger King says its recent 11 billion dollar deal to buy Canadian company Tim Hortons, creating what will be the world's third biggest fast food franchaise, were designed to allow Burger King to move its corporate headquarters out of the US to potentially rid tax savings, would also allow fast food expansion of Tim Hortons into the US market. Burger King says two brands would continue to operate at stand alone chains.