Obama and US lawmakers turn up heat on IS
Barack Obama and US lawmakers ratcheted up the pressure on the Islamic State, with the president declaring there was no hiding place for the jihadists and warning: "Our reach is long."/ After Obama spoke at MacDill Air Force Base, the House of Representatives voted 273 to 156 to approve his plan to train and equip moderate Syrian rebels, a key part of his strategy to destroy the IS group. Obama was keen to project a sternly determined mood at the Florida air base, the headquarters of US Central Command, which oversees military action in the ...
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