by Tanya Somanader | Sep 23, 2014 | Monitor
President Barack Obama delivers a statement on confronting the terrorist group ISIL in Syria, on the South Lawn of the White House prior to departure for New York, N.Y. September 23, 2014. (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann) Watch on YouTube Last night,...
by Tanya Somanader | Sep 19, 2014 | Monitor
This week, Congress passed and President Obama signed something called a Continuing Resolution, an important measure that ensures our government has the resources necessary to address key domestic and national security goals in the months ahead, including our strategy...
by Tanya Somanader | Sep 18, 2014 | Monitor
In a bipartisan vote, the House and Senate passed a Continuing Resolution that supports the U.S. military effort to train and equip moderate Syrian opposition forces so they can take the fight to the terrorist force ISIL. At the White House tonight, President Obama...
by Tanya Somanader | Sep 17, 2014 | Monitor
Watch on YouTube President Obama travelled to Tampa, Florida to speak to service men and women at MacDill Air Force Base about the U.S. strategy to degrade and ultimately destroy ISIL, a terrorist organization that is killing innocent, unarmed civilians in both...
by Tanya Somanader | Sep 13, 2014 | Monitor
President Barack Obama tapes the Weekly Address in the State Dining Room of the White House. September 12, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson) In this week’s address, the President reiterated his comprehensive and sustained counter-terrorism...