--- title: LIVE: Obama Speaks on ISIS and Ukraine Crisis description: President expected to address the fight against Sunni militants in Iraq, and the worsening situation in Ukraine canonical: https://time.com/3210374/obama-live-statement-isis-ukraine/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-28T19:53:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T09:55:16.589Z article:section: Politics og:title: LIVE: Obama Speaks on ISIS and Ukraine Crisis og:description: President expected to address the fight against Sunni militants in Iraq, and the worsening situation in Ukraine og:url: https://time.com/3210374/obama-live-statement-isis-ukraine/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte4b0d31d0d96e31c/6986a15935ba6f0123c0398b/barack-obama5.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: U.S. President Obama delivers a statement ahead of national security council meeting at the White House in Washington og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: LIVE: Obama Speaks on ISIS and Ukraine Crisis twitter:description: President expected to address the fight against Sunni militants in Iraq, and the worsening situation in Ukraine twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte4b0d31d0d96e31c/6986a15935ba6f0123c0398b/barack-obama5.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # LIVE: Obama Speaks on ISIS and Ukraine Crisis by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Aug 28, 2014 7:53 PM CUT  President Barack Obama makes a statement from the White House Press Briefing Room ahead of a meeting with his national security council in Washington, August 28, 2014. President Barack Obama makes a statement from the White House Press Briefing Room ahead of a meeting with his national security council in Washington, August 28, 2014.Lary Downing—Reuters by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Aug 28, 2014 7:53 PM CUT 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. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3210374/obama-live-statement-isis-ukraine/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3210374/obama-live-statement-isis-ukraine/"},"headline":"LIVE: Obama Speaks on ISIS and Ukraine Crisis","datePublished":"2014-08-28T19:53:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:55:16.589Z","description":"President expected to address the fight against Sunni militants in Iraq, and the worsening situation in Ukraine","url":"https://time.com/3210374/obama-live-statement-isis-ukraine/","keywords":["White House"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte4b0d31d0d96e31c/6986a15935ba6f0123c0398b/barack-obama5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte4b0d31d0d96e31c/6986a15935ba6f0123c0398b/barack-obama5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"U.S. President Obama delivers a statement ahead of national security council meeting at the White House in Washington","caption":"U.S. President Obama delivers a statement ahead of national security council meeting at the White House in Washington","creditText":"Lary Downing—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3210374/obama-live-statement-isis-ukraine/","name":"LIVE: Obama Speaks on ISIS and Ukraine Crisis"}}]}] ```