As the war against the Islamic State spreads across the globe, the Obama administration is continually reassessing its strategy to fight ISIS, not only against trained extremists on the battlefields of Syria and Iraq, but also in the homeland against radicalized followers.
President Obama this morning chairs a National Security Council meeting on the counter-ISIS campaign at the Pentagon, where he is expected to receive an update from his national security team and discuss ways to “further enh
President Obama is cautioning Americans against stereotyping all Muslims based on the actions of those who use the faith to justify violence, like the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
“Terrorists like ISIL are trying to divide us along lines of religion and background,” Obama said in his weekly address Saturday, using an alternate acronym for the terrorist group. “That’s how they stoke fear. That’s how they recruit.
“And just as Muslims around the world have to keep rejecting any twiste
Obama in the Oval Office on Sunday night. (Credit: Doug Mills/The New York Times)
President Obama sought on Sunday to calm a jittery American public after the terrorist attack last week in California, delivering a prime-time address designed to highlight the government’s campaign against an evolving threat.
Speaking from behind a lectern in the Oval Office, Mr. Obama bluntly acknowledged the heightened fears that followed attacks in Paris and in San Bernardino, Calif., which his administratio
