Obama to Visit Pentagon to Refine Islamic State Strategy

U.S. President Barack Obama will make a rare visit to the Pentagon Monday to confer with national security advisers about refining their strategy to defeat Islamic State militants wreaking havoc in Iraq and Syria. Obama, who has conceded the U.S. lacks a “complete strategy,” is scheduled to meet with Defense Secretary Ash Carter at 2:20 p.m. local time. The meeting comes after a weekend of intensified airstrikes by a U.S.-led coalition against the militants, who have taken control of...

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