Barack Obama: “We are not going to work with the Assad regime in going after ISIL…”

On the recordSeptember 9, 2014

We are not going to work with the Assad regime in going after ISIL because they have no legitimacy in the Sunni communities.

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Background Conference Call by Senior Administration Officials Previewing the President's Address to the Nation

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