Obama Defends His Strategy on ISIS, Rejects Blocking Muslim Refugees, ANTALYA, TURKEY: President Barack Obama declared on Monday that his strategy for defeating the Islamic State is working despite last week's horrific attacks in Paris, forcefully rejecting calls for escalating the use of military force in the Middle East or turning away Syrian refugees at home.
Obama Defends His Strategy on ISIS, Rejects Blocking Muslim Refugees
At a sometimes tense news conference at the end of an international summit meeting here, Obama said he would intensify targeted airstrikes and assistance to local ground forces in Syria and Iraq, but it will take time to cripple the terrorist group. He dismissed critics who faulted his approach, accusing them of trying to profit politically from the episode.
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