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Obama on ISIS: ‘We Don’t Have a Strategy’

By Steven T. Dennis and JM Rieger

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President Barack Obama said Thursday it’s premature to go to Congress to authorize a strategy to defeat ISIS — because he doesn’t have one yet. “We don’t have a strategy yet,” Obama told reporters after being asked about striking ISIS in Syria, saying he didn’t want to “put the cart before the horse.” The line — sure to be repeated often by his critics — came as Republicans have been repeatedly demanding a strategy to defeat ISIS. Obama said he’s asked the military for options to take on ISIS, but a decision to expand strikes into Syria isn’t imminent and he suggested it would not happen before Congress returns from recess.

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