Washington – Congress Pressures Obama On IS After 2nd Beheading Claim

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    This image made from video posted on the Internet by Islamic State militants and provided by the SITE Intelligence Group, a U.S. terrorism watchdog, on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014, purports to show journalist Steven Sotloff before he was beheaded. Sotloff had last been seen in Syria in August 2013 until he appeared in a video released online by the Islamic State group on Aug. 19, 2014, that showed the beheading of fellow American journalist James Foley. The Arabic text at the bottom of the frame translates to "Now is the time for my message." (AP Photo)Washington – US lawmakers Tuesday called for Secretary of State John Kerry to present administration policy for “rolling back” the Islamic State’s gains, after the rampaging group claimed it beheaded a second American.

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    With members of the House and Senate warning that President Barack Obama has not done enough to combat the extremist group, House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Ed Royce said he was summoning Kerry to testify once Congress returns next week from its recess.

    “Everyone agrees that the administration needs a strategy, that the president has to explain to the American people and explain to Congress how we are going to meet this threat,” the Republican Royce told reporters on a phone call from Israel, where he was on a congressional mission.

    He said he expected Kerry to present a plan for “rolling back ISIS,” another name to describe the extremist group that on Tuesday released a video purporting to show the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff.

    The committee’s top Democrat, Eliot Engel, said lawmakers were “horrified” by the apparent murder.

    Obama is operating under the war powers resolution, which provides the president with power to authorize US military action without congressional consent, to launch air strikes on Iraq beginning last month.

    It requires Obama to seek congressional approval if the actions extend beyond 60 days, something both Royce and Engel believe Obama will do.

    “We anticipate there would be a vote for authorization of the use of force” before the 60-day period expires, Royce said.

    On Sunday, Senate Intelligence Committee chair Dianne Feinstein warned that Obama was not doing enough to tackle the IS threat.

    “I think I’ve learned one thing about this president, and that is he’s very cautious. Maybe in this instance, too cautious,” Feinstein told NBC’s “Meet the Press.”


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    HankM
    HankM
    9 years ago

    I only pray this country can survive another two years. Obama has built a failed presidency from the start, but now it seems like he just checked out for good

    ayoyo
    ayoyo
    9 years ago

    When there’s heat, back to the golf course

    Adddd
    Adddd
    9 years ago

    If there would of been a leader in place this would have never occurred