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Obama: 'ISIS is on the defensive'

By JPOST.COM STAFF

APRIL 14, 2016 01:17

Updated: APRIL 14, 2016 01:16

President of the United States Barack Obama said Wednesday that the US government is determined to degrade and destroy fundamentalist organization Islamic State.

"Everyday [ISIS] leaders wake up knowing each day could be there last," the president said during a press conference in Langley, Virginia, adding that "ISIS is on the defensive"

Obama noted the US and its allies "have the momentum" in the fight against Islamic state and said they intend "to keep the momentum."

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