Obama Plans Prime Time Speech on Islamic State Threat

President Barack Obama is planning a prime time television speech Wednesday about his plan to combat the advance of Islamic State militants in the Mideast. The White House said the president will discuss the threat posed by the insurgents and his plan for "degrading and ultimately destroying" the Islamic State. Obama met Tuesday with Secretary of State John Kerry about his military options, including whether to expand U.S. airstrikes on the insurgents' strongholds from...

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