Headline RoundupAugust 29th, 2014
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Obama: U.S. doesn’t ‘have a strategy yet’ to comprehensively respond to Islamic StateWashington Post
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Amid conflicting congressional demands, impatient Arab allies, and public concern that he will do too much or too little, President Obama made bluntly clear Thursday why he has not yet implemented a comprehensive U.S. response to the Islamist insurgency that is rapidly spreading across the Middle East.
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Obama: White House still working on ISIL planPolitico
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President Barack Obama is working on strategies to fight Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, and to continue to dissuade Russia from military involvement in Ukraine, he said Thursday from the White House.
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Hitting the Brakes? Obama downplays prospect of imminent strikes in SyriaFox News (Online News)
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President Obama on Thursday downplayed the prospect of any imminent U.S. airstrikes in Syria, saying "we don't have a strategy yet" and stressing that military advisers are still reviewing options for confronting Islamic State militants.
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