Obama Holds Security Talks as Hollande Urges Action Against IS

President Barack Obama is scheduled to meet with his national security team Wednesday for a briefing on homeland security nearly two weeks after the deadly terror attacks in Paris and as millions of American travel for a national holiday. Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, is one of the busiest travel days of the year in the United States. While the FBI said there is no specific credible terrorist threat, local and federal law enforcement agencies are on high alert. Friday will...

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