President Obama Will Address The Nation Wednesday On The Threat Posed By The Islamic State

Exclusive: Obama to Deliver Major Address on ISIS, Vows to "Hunt Down" Extremists -- NBC

One day before the thirteenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, President Barack Obama plans to address the nation on the threat posed by ISIS extremists -- telling NBC News the U.S. will “hunt down" the terrorists "wherever they are.”

The president revealed his plans for the upcoming address during a wide-ranging, exclusive interview on NBC’s Meet the Press.

“What I'm going to be asking the American people to understand is, number one, this is a serious threat,” Obama said about the speech, which is not expected to be a prime time address. “Number two, we have the capacity to deal with it.”

Obama emphasized he will not advocate for the deployment of U.S. ground troops in the region, saying it would be “a profound mistake” to put American boots on the ground in Syria as some critics have suggested.

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