The issue focused on whether President Obama's administration had provided specific assistance to fight the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) for which it has also taken credit.

The White House said it had done so. A senior administration official said in an interview that the Obama administration had provided military aid to anti-ISIS forces in Iraq and Syria.

The Obama administration has also taken credit for intelligence that allowed for the successful killing of two foreign fighters in Syria.

The White House said that "the