Marines and Chuck Hagel

Chuck Hagel: Calling the situation in Iraqi Kurdistan "catastrophic," France said Wednesday it would start supplying arms to the Kurdish forces fighting Sunni extremists from the Islamic State group. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. It said the French president spoke with British Prime Minister David Cameron Wednesday evening and agreed on the need for an "extremely rapid response," but didn't clarify whether Britain outright consented to furnish weapons to the Kurds, who are trying to push back radicals of the IS group. WIth Marines standing at attention, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel arrives at a Camp Pendleton hangar where addressed the Marines and answered questions Tuesday Aug. 12, 2014. Hagel announced the deployment of another 130 U.S. troops to Iraq in remarks to Marines at this Southern California base on the final stop of a weeklong, around-the-world trip that also took him to India, Germany and Australia. AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Paul Rodriguez Paris and London have agreed to co-ordinate their actions on both humanitarian aid and arms, the office of President Francois Hollande said. Related Items Articles White House talking to Canada, others about aiding Iraqi refugees (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.