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September 5, 2014

President Obama spoke with reporters and responded to questions following the conclusion of the NATO Summit in Wales. He said that… read more

President Obama spoke with reporters and responded to questions following the conclusion of the NATO Summit in Wales. He said that there was unanimous agreement in NATO that there must be immediate action addressing the threat posed by ISIL.* President Obama said the goal was to “degrade and ultimately destroy ISIL” because they posed a threat to the international alliance. He also spoke about the ceasefire in Ukraine and the need to protect member nations from aggression.

*The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), an extremist Sunni militant group that has called itself the Islamic State. close

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*The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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