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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Sep 23, 2014

a tough new call for every country to do what it can to combat violent extremism and making a case for war against ISIS, vowing to dismantle, his words, the terror group's network of death.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Sep 23, 2014

This is not something that is going to be easy. And it is not going to happen overnight.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Sep 23, 2014

It is time for the world, especially Muslim communities, to explicitly, forcefully, and consistently reject the ideology of organizations like Al Qaeda and ISIS.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Sep 23, 2014

This is a global fight. It must be a global fight against this group, both with military action, as well as tackling their funding, the flow of foreign fighter, et cetera.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Sep 23, 2014

We can renew the international system that has enabled so much progress or we can allow ourselves to be pulled back by an undertow of instability.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Sep 23, 2014

There can be no reasoning, no negotiation with this brand of evil. The only language understood by killers like these is the language of force.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Sep 23, 2014

The only language understood by killers like this is the language of force. So the United States of America will work with a broad coalition to dismantle this network of death.

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Ron Johnson
@ronjohnson· Republican · WI· Sep 23, 2014

This behavior will not be tolerated. The safety of the officers in the community will be maintained.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Sep 23, 2014

Happy New Year to all my Jewish friends celebrating the holiday.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 23, 2014

The minds of these young men and women are poisoned by terrorists who brainwashed them into committing unspeakable atrocities.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 23, 2014

This will take time. You and others should not be looking for some massive retreat within the next week or two.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 23, 2014

It is critical. Absolutely critical and the first steps have been taken. I believe he understands the challenge.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 23, 2014

It is imperative, I cannot underscore how important it is that this be one nation with all the different parties coming together.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 23, 2014

What we've done is we've stop the onslaught that is what we were able to achieve with air power. They were moving towards Erbil and Baghdad. Baghdad could well have fallen. Erbil could have fallen. They could have had control of all of the…

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Sep 22, 2014

"""@ga888ino: @realDonaldTrump what's holding you back from running for president? Live &amp, die for your beliefs..."" Stay tuned!"

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Sep 22, 2014

"""@MathewPrinsen: @realDonaldTrump I was wondering your take on Obama saluting with a coffee in his hand? Big deal or no?"" Terrible!"

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