Obama Says US Misjudged ISIS
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Obama: 'Contradictory' Syria Policy Helps AssadPresident Barack Obama on Sunday gave voice to the conundrum at the heart of his Syria policy, acknowledging that the U.S.-led military campaign against the Islamic State group and al-Qaida's affiliate in Syria is helping Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, a man the United Nations has accused of war crimes.
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Obama admits ISIS threat was misjudged as U.S. splits emergeA week after U.S.-led airstrikes in Syria began, lawmakers continued to question President Barack Obama's strategy for defeating the militant group ISIS, which he admitted in a televised interview Sunday was more powerful than the U.S. initially believed.
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Obama says US 'underestimated' rise of ISIS, admits 'contradictory' Syria policyPresident Obama acknowledged Sunday that U.S. intelligence officials "underestimated" the threat posed by the Islamic State and overestimated the Iraqi army’s capacity to defeat the militant group.
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