Obama Goes to UN With Islamic State, Ebola on Agenda

President Barack Obama will head to the United Nations General Assembly this coming week with two missions: to rally international support for a coalition against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria and to back his plan to fight the Ebola virus in West Africa. The efforts by Obama, who was elected on promises to end U.S. involvement in Iraq and reduce America's footprint in the world, reflect new moves by the U.S. administration to take a leading role in addressing world...

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