by Tanya Somanader | Sep 24, 2014 | Monitor
Today, President Obama led the United Nations Security Council in unanimously passing a binding resolution to stem the flow of foreign terrorist fighters into — and out of — Iraq and Syria. In its nearly 70-year history, the United Nations Security Council...
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 Sophia Dahodwala | Sep 22, 2014 | Monitor
Building off the current national conversation surrounding the ongoing turbulence in the Middle East, a cadre of panelists reflected on the future of the region and laid out several prescriptions for the United States’ involvement in the Middle East, with varying...
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...