Obama on Islamic State in Syria: 'We Don't Have a Strategy Yet'

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President Barack Obama on Thursday acknowledged the difficulty facing the United States as it grapples with the growing threat of Islamic State militants in the Middle East, saying that "we don't have a strategy yet" concerning military action against the fighters in Syria.

Obama was in the middle of a wide-ranging press conference that also covered the economy and the escalating crisis in Ukraine.

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But when asked about the radical militants in Syria — where he's recently green-lit surveillance flights over the country, opening up the path for future airstrikes — Obama responded: "I don’t want to put the cart before the horse, we don’t have a strategy yet." Read more...

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