President Barack Obama said on Monday that Islamic State militants had lost swaths of territory they once controlled in Iraq and Syria but that progress needed to be made faster against the group.
Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon, Obama said he had tasked Defense Secretary Ash Carter with going to the Middle East to secure more military contributions for the coalition fight against the group also known as ISIL.
“We recognize that progress needs to keep coming faster,” Obama said.
It feels like we’ve been counting the Omer for around seven months now.
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David Schizer’s introductory statement at a House hearing was appalling, deserving a failing grade in his school’s constitutional law course.
Since the start of the war, Levy has conducted an estimated 280 interviews, participated in press conferences and created informative, pro-Israel posts on social media.
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