Levin Statement on the President's Strategy to Defeat ISIS

Statement

Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement in reaction to President Obama's address to the nation on our strategy to defeat ISIS:

"The president tonight laid out a forceful strategy to safeguard our security and that of our allies by rolling back and eventually destroying a brutal extremist group. The president's strategy calls for a broad coalition to support Sunnis, Shiites, Kurds, and religious minorities as they come together to fight a common enemy. It does not call for American ground combat troops, which I believe are not only unnecessary, but could the effort by playing into the propaganda of the extremists. I support the president's strategy, and I believe a large majority of Congress and the American people will as well.

"There is now a broad consensus in Congress that this threat requires strong action, and tonight, the president laid out a plan to act, and to act forcefully. I hope that members of Congress will put politics aside and give strong, bipartisan support to this plan."

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