Obama to Lay Out Strategy to Defeat Islamic State Militants

President Barack Obama said he will explain to Americans and congressional leaders this week his strategy to deal with and ultimately defeat the Islamic State militants, whom he said could eventually become a threat to the United States. Obama will make a speech on Wednesday to “describe what our game plan's going to be,” and meet congressional leaders on Tuesday to seek their support for his strategy to halt the militant Islamist group, which controls parts of Syria and Iraq. The...

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