Barack Obama: “As ISIL is squeezed in Syria and Iraq, we can anticipate it lashing…”

On the recordMarch 31, 2016

As ISIL is squeezed in Syria and Iraq, we can anticipate it lashing out elsewhere.

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Remarks at the Closing Session of the Nuclear Security Summit

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Barack Obama: “As ISIL is squeezed in Syria and Iraq, we can anticipate it lashing out elsewhere.”