Obama to Get Briefed on Military Plan Against IS -- VOA
President Barack Obama will speak to the public after his meeting with leaders at U.S. Central Command regarding the "operational details" of a military campaign to combat Islamic State militants.
Obama is to meet with General Lloyd Austin, head of Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, at 9:45 a.m. EDT (1345 GMT) to discuss the ongoing effort to build an international coalition to meet his stated goal of degrading and destroying the Islamic State group that has taken over parts of Iraq and Syria.
Central Command (CentCom) is responsible for the security of 20 countries in the Middle East and Central and South Asia, including Iraq and Syria.
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