Obama to reveal strategy for defeating Islamic State

President Barack Obama will begin laying out a strategy this week to defeat Islamic State militants in the Middle East, meeting with congressional leaders tomorrow and giving a speech on Wednesday, the eve of the 13th anniversary of the deadliest terrorist attack on US soil.

Obama disclosed his plans during an interview broadcast yesterday on NBC’s Meet the Press.

“I just want the American people to understand the nature of the threat and how we’re going to deal with it, and to have confidence that we’ll be able to deal with it,” he said at the White House shortly after his return from a Nato summit in Wales where the Islamic State threat was a key topic of discussion.