President Obama's Speech on ISIL Threat

On September 10, 2014, President Obama addressed the nation about the terrorist threat posed by those known as ISIS ( Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) or ISIL
(Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) a force which has arisen as the successor to al Qaeda in Iraq. Here are 24 vocabulary words from the President's speech announcing a coalition of nations which will carry out air strikes. Read the full transcript of the speech here.

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