![U.S. President Obama delivers a statement ahead of national security council meeting at the White House in Washington U.S. President Obama delivers a statement ahead of national security council meeting at the White House in Washington](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/barack-obama5.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
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President Obama is expected to address the nation from the White House press briefing room on the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and greater Syria (ISIS) and worsening violence in Ukraine.
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